[78-L] Fred Waring Christmas Album

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> That sounds like confirmation to me..as I say, I've seen a number of early
>> Deccas which looked and felt like Columbia pressings. I wouldn't want to 
>> swear
>> that Columbia cut the masters, but they certainly used their own equipment 
>> to
>> print the matrix numbers and the labels were definitely not Decca type 
>> face.
>>
> There was a pre-ARC Columbia matrix seies 0f  "265xxx" which were issued
> on Decca 193?!?
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 

This is true..different connection though. US Decca acquired those as part of 
its arrangement with Odeon-Parlophone and Columbia had no claim to them, but 
had recorded them for UK release with John Hammond producing.

dl