[78-L] Dealer stamps on labels

[Royal Pemberton]

I have two 1929/1930 period Victor scrolls (22029 and 22233) that have
stickers on the labels, of a C L Higgins, druggist, of Great Bend,
Kansas.  I found them in a junk shop in Manhattan, Kansas in 1976.

My copy of Victor 26610 (Duke Ellington, 1940) has a small sticker
saying 'Never no lament' pasted over the title/credits information on
one side, as both sides of the disc mistakenly have the labels for
'Cotton tail' on them.

On 11/30/08, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
>>I have 7 label pictures with Brunswick dealer stamps around the label, but
>>also 2 around other labels:
>> one on (Pathe) Actuelle 020547 (from Austin) (orig. release mid-1921),
>> and one on Victor 17818 (from Raleigh, N.C.).
>> The Brunswicks are from all over the country:
>> Oakland; Wisconsin (2x); Connersville, Indiana; Minot, N. Dakota (2x);
>> Utica, New York.
>> The range of the Brunswicks is 2008-2337 (= released ca.1/20 - late 22).
>> Br's with text "Licensed Brunswick dealer", but the Pathe stamp only
>> mentions the shop.
>> The Victor states "Licensed [space] dealer", and it seems that here
>> Brunswick is omitted !
>> Maybe the stamps were supplied by Brunswick (whereas the Pathe stamp was
>> privately made).
>> The stamps occur only on early Brunswicks and may have been made to
>> promote the label via special dealers (?).
>> The Victor is an earlier recording though with a slightly later label
>> type: batwing without price (in use since mid-1918).
>>
> Note that your copy of 2008 was most likely imprinted "after the fact!"
>
> I have NEVER seen similar imprints on Victor or Pathe records (although
> Brunswick DID distribute Pathe 1916-19[?]!)
>
> Rather than being "all over the country," your listed cities (plus those I
> have
> seen) basically include a small "midwestern" portion of the US of A...which
> in turn suggests it may have been one single distributor or sales-executive
> who
> came up with the idea...?!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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