[78-L] Smaller Leeds label

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> In the same little lot where I got the  Larry Wagner record on  the 
> "A-440"
> label,  I also got a nice copy of the Stan Hasselgard Capitol of Who 
> Sleeps,
> a fave,  and a few old-timers as well,  including the following:
> Leeds Records No. 4096.  "Side By Side." By Favor. The Talk-O-Phone Co.
> I have several of these Leeds records all ca. 1908-11 if I recall,  and I
> like them because of the fancy gold foil labels which look like they 
> should
> be on a candy box or school diploma.
> But this label,  unlike any of the several dozen other Leeds I've seen, 
> is
> a smaller size,  and measures only 2.75"  in diameter.
> Has anyone else seen one of the smaller Leeds labels or are they not 
> scarce
> and somehow I've just missed them before?
>
The early Leeds label apparently existed from c.1903 until 1905 or so...! 
The
records were also issued on the Imperial label (until 1908 or 1909)...and 
were
issued on a fair number of "client pressings" bearing catalog numbers with 
the
same last three digits.?!

I would guess that Leeds/Imperial, like other record companies of the era,
had label sizes which varied in accordance with the available space left
once the recording nhad been mastered?!

Steven C. Barr