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

[davdieh at aol.com]

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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 

In fact, Majestic bought Hit in February of 1945. OPA came about in Jan., 1942 but I don't think it got around to meddling with phonograph records until the summer.
It was dismantled in 1947 but most of its rules seem to have expired much earlier. Can't think of any milestones that would allow us to date the sleeves any more exactly.
-David Diehl