[78-L] Angel Embossed Victor ss 52007

[Michael Biel]

jeffrey smedbron wrote:
> Thanks Michael. The early Victor story sure seems convoluted and hard to follow. Kind of like trying to follow a family history where married step siblings have to get factored in. 
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> Jeff S  
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Recommended reading --  Roland Gelatt "The Fabulous Phonograph", Read 
and Welch "From Tinfoil To Stereo", Peter Martland "EMI The First 100 
Years", Fred Barnum "His Master's Voice In America",  Fenimore Johnson 
"His Master's Voice Was Eldridge R. Johnson",  and Michael Sherman 
"Collector's Guide to Victor Records".  But be prepared to find factual 
errors in all of 'em.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
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> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Angel Embossed Victor ss 52007
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 7:31 PM
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> jeffrey smedbron wrote:
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>> Miserable weather day has got me going thru some unsearched 78 boxes today. 
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> It was so nice and sunny here in Kentucky that I have the front door and 
> storm door wide open.
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>> Probably this has been covered before but Is this very common for a Victor  10“ ss ? I have never seen it before. An embossed angel scribing the groove image on the blank side. What’s the possible explanation for them. 
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> It is on the reverse of many single-sided Victors made from IMPORTED 
> masters.
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>> The angel logo looks familiar but can't place it. 
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> Of course it is still in use for Angel Records, which is/was the 
> classical label for EMI's Capitol in the U.S. in the LP era.  But it was 
> the logo on pre-dog Gramophone Co. labels in much of Europe before 1909/
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>> http://merr.com/users/xcentrik/v52007a.jpg 
>> http://merr.com/users/xcentrik/v52007b.jpg
>> http://merr.com/users/xcentrik/v52007c.jpg 
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>> Jeff S
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