[78-L] Bessie Smith album

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Tue Jan 12 16:57:23 PST 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net>
> This is an interesting point you bring up about the Full Range Recording 
> labels. Wheeler's book makes mention of 3 different label types used in 
> one collector's album. One was with the Full Range Recording label and the 
> other two without but with different patent info on them. Since you have 
> Note the Notes, it would be Figures VIII.B.1 and VIII.B.2.
>
> I happen to have all six discs but without the book. None of mine have the 
> Full Range Recording label so it would appear there was no standard over 
> the course of the production run.
>
ARC seems to have added "Full-Range Recording" to all of its labels in 1936;
it then gradually disappeared during 1937...?!

Steven C. Barr 




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