[78-L] Over There to Over Here

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>> Does anyone know if there were many price-cutter retailers for the
>> big labels during the worst of the Depression? Or did the big guys
>> make their sellers stick to the regular price structure?  Taylor
> 
> Many of their "sellers" were out of business, so I have seen cut prices
> of major label stuff show up in Steers and Monkey Wart catalogs in
> addition to their own labels.  From earlier decades I've always wondered
> about those round yellow "Retired Record" stickers occasionally seen on
> acoustical gold band labels covering the circular Note the Notes
> trademark.  Those are about the only "cut-outs" I've heard of in the
> pre-LP era.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

The New York Band Instrument Company was selling Gold Label Brunswicks at about 
half price in the late 30s. Ironically, many of these were the wonderful late 
laminated pressings. But everything else in their catalog was full price ($2 
and $1.50 for most Victors and Columbias). That was a nice catalog to run across.

dl