[78-L] Getting more mileage from a tune

[Royal Pemberton]

Did anyone (in their day, before World War I) ever catch on to the
Standard/United/Diamond/Aretino records being Columbia derived?  Or
did the odd spindle sizes thwart anyone comparing them?

On 4/12/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> While Columbia's recordings were different from Harmony/VelvetTone/Diva,
>> how about Pathe and Perfect.  The exact same recordings but vastly
>> different prices.   Didn't people notice??
>>
> Oddly enough, NO! In fact, here in Canada, the Compo Company issued the
> SAME recordings under different identities...and NONE of their customers
> seemed to EVER figure out this ploy...?!
>
> ...stevenc
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