[78-L] One Sided Red Vocalion Records..??

[Michael Biel]

Red Records Are Best.

Mike (been reading too many record sleeves) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 

-------- Original Message --------

From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
> No, the first Vocalions (OK, Aeolian-Vocalions) were on black shellac and
> vertically cut as well. Laterals came out on black shellac in what, 1919?
> Then, the red shellac followed shortly after and labels became simply
> "Vocalion".
>
I often forget the 12xxx vertical Vocalions; this is somewhat odd, since
I 
bought
around a dozen at a yard sale here in Oshawa, Ont'o. several years ago!
I'd 
have
to dig through my "half-vast" shellac archive to establish the facts
about 
when
Vocalion started "red" records...

Steven C. Barr