[78-L] Single-Sided Columbia - microphone label

[Taylor Bowie]

I've had a copy of this for ages and have wondered as well...was it some 
kind of issue for schools?  Great,  whatever it is.

Taylor



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From: "Tyrone Settlemier" <talk78s.settlemier at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: [78-L] Single-Sided Columbia - microphone label


> I'm looking at a single-sided Columbia of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 
> No, it's not by Harry Spencer, but this is a CBS/Microphone Masterworks 
> label by Charles Laughton.  It seems to be in their M-suffix series, but 
> it has an S prefix, i.e. S271-M.
>
> (matrix is CP 253-2)
>
> So, does this fit into their regular M-suffix masterworks series?  Does 
> the "S" stand for single-sided?
>
> Actually, it's not quite single sided.  The reverse has a lead-in groove, 
> six silent grooves, and the rest of the record consists of runout grooves 
> and the eccentric end grooves.  Matrix number for this side is 33451.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this one?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tyrone
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