[78-L] Well Done! - and an Orthophonic Record question

[Michael Biel]

Of course Ross Laird would be the one to know how often imported Victors 
were seen in Australia with this sticker, but David is right that this 
was to cover up the trademark which was used in your area by a different 
company.  This happened all the time with imports we see in the U.S., 
even into the LP era. 

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com

David Lennick wrote:
> Maria Fletcher wrote:
>   
>> Hi all
>>
>> I too am new to this list and really appreciate it - so well done to all to
>> get such a valuable archive back up and running.
>>
>> To kick off with a new post, yesterday I found a boxed set on Victor -
>> "Musical Masterpieces (Orthophonic Recording) of Franck Symphony in D Minor
>> - Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra." M 22 6725.
>>
>> Each of the Red Seal discs has an overlay sticker on it which says "Special
>> Record, " covering the top half of the label - can anyone tell me why this
>> is?
>>
>> regards
>> Maria
>> Tasmania, Australia
>>     
>
> Probably because these were imports to countries where the dog & phonograph 
> logo was already in use by HMV. Why this album should have these labels is a 
> mystery because I've seen it on black label HMV. Stokowski rerecorded the 
> symphony in about 1934..maybe Australian dealers couldn't get this and wanted 
> the earlier recording.
>
> dl
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