[78-L] Hail to the sleeve, #2: OPA ceiling prices

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Wed Jun 24 18:56:48 PDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> Wouldn't they be from '43 - '46 or am I disremembering my history wrong?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
>>  I have some record sleeves which come from mismatched records. Is it
>> possible to date the sleeves based on the reference to OPA ceiling 
>> prices?
>> Can anyone provide a North American who is not an American with some
>> background?
>>  The sleeves are Majestic, Okeh, Columbia & Columbia.
>
Well, Majestic didn't exist under that name until early 1946! It was 
originally
"Hit"...an Obie label, and that was sold to the makers of Majestic radios
(again, NOT the original user of THAT name either!" who changed the label
name and design to match their main product!

...stevenc 




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