[78-L] Clueless E-Bay listing, got clued in!

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri May 15 16:28:14 PDT 2009


Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "Jim Whipkey" <suuford at msn.com>
> 
>> his Grandma's records, they're black! and what 78 rpm record is not black.
> 
> Columbia Royal Blue and early century American Records are blue. 
> Vocalion, Perfect, Domino, and Canadian HMV all were clay-colored red
> for part of their history, some Perfects were mottled black and red,
> Madison were orange, Aeolian Vocalion had two patriotic issues that were
> red, white, and blue, I have a V-disc that is five colored transparent,
> RCA Red Seal DeLuxe were transparent cherry red, Vogue were all picture
> records, the vinyl Deccas made in the Vogue plant were translucent
> red-purple, there was a Seattle label that all were multi-colored and
> mottled, etc., etc., etc.
> 
> Mike (white) Biel  (really, Biel means white)  mbiel at mbiel
> 

And Golden (little and ten-inch) were bright yellow! As well, those Presley Sun 
boots came in a variety of colors including orange and mauve.

dl



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