[78-L] Clamp them records down,durium chevrolet

[I. Cubillo]

I have one Columbia Demonstration in spanish, intended for the spanish
speaking  market, I think.



Iñigo Cubillo


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Clamp them records down,durium chevrolet


> Ron L'Herault wrote:
> > I'm surprised no one else has answered. "The Columbia Double Disk Record
> > twice the music for only a little more than the cost of a single face
> > record", or something like that.  There were three different Columbia
> > demonstration records, if I am not mistaken. I think the first one was
free
> > and later ones were sold for a nominal fee (e.g. $0.25).  I've got at
least
> > two of the three and maybe all of them.  I don't think they are terribly
> > rare.
> >
> "Columbia Double Disk Records will play on all standard makes of talking
> machines".
> This is on the obverse side in one of the white boxes. There is text
> above alluding to your rough quote and 2 columns of song names below.
>
> > Mark L.
> > Bardenwerper, Sr. sed:
> >
> > I have an interesting old Columbia promotion record with a white banner
> > across that says,
> > "Special Price for Advertising Purposes only" 25c.
> > On the face side, the recording goes nearly to the normal sized label
> > with a very thin run in. The song is, "Good Night Little Girl, Good
> > Night", by Henry Burr. On the reverse side the label is oversized and
> > the short recording is a demonstration, with a short piece built
> > starting with one instrument and adding one at a time until a full
> > orchestra is heard, along with a sales pitch about the quality and
> > durability of Columbia records. The label is half the size of the
record.
> > Has anyone else seen this or any like it?
> >
>
>
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