[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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