[78-L] Color coded Columbia covers

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> The first pop music stand covers were pink, and I am trying to remember
> if I have seen a pink classical cover in the later cardboard style.

Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit, cardboard, pink, US pressing.

> I do know I have some of the cardboard classical covers in pale yellow.  I
> have a JL kids record with a green cover in cardboard, and I don't
> remember if I have one in paper.  The Canadian copies were sometimes
> different colors.  

Canada may not have changed the covers any more than necessary, which is why 
I'm not citing Canadian covers..they kept the "card" style jacket into 1951 or '52.
> 
> The year color-changes is an interesting theory, but I am trying to
> consider if Columbia still made any of this type covers past 1949.  It
> would be an interesting exercise to see when the early releases were
> deleted and which ones got new covers before deletion.  A similar
> exercise could be done on RCA Camden albums which got new covers when
> the rules were changed to allow for the use of real performer
> identities.  
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com    

Columbia also used odd forms, like a piece of cardboard with a piece of paper 
glued to it, and THAT was supposed to house the record. Plus of course the 
paper sleeves on the first albums.

I'm sure I have a few red label discs in blue jackets..just have to check on 
whether they're US or Canadian.

dl

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> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Color coded Columbia covers
> From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, July 02, 2009 2:01 pm
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 
> I'd wonder if they were just colour-coordinated to match the record
> labels? I've seen pix of red tombstone sleeves of early pop items,
> for instance.
> 
> On 7/2/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Here's one for Mike Biel, or any others who've researched early LPs. A
>> longtime
>> collector whose father was in line to buy the first Lps and the first player
>> in
>> 1948 says that Columbia's tombstone jackets changed color each year, and as
>> LPs
>> were re-pressed and not given original Steinweiss artwork, the covers
>> changed
>> color..makes sense, since I've seen early albums with blue and green
>> jackets.
>> Any truth to this? The order would probably be
>>
>> 1948: BLUE
>> 1949: GREEN
>> 1950: PINK
>> 1951: YELLOW (just guessing at the order of these last two)
>>
>> dl