[78-L] Earliest DJ/reviewers copy 78

[David Lennick]

I've seen stickers like that on English pressings that probably go back to the 
30s but not on US ones. (Thanks for covering the run-out, ARC!)

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> Just came across (and listed on oy-Vey) the earliest example of a DJ or reviewers' copy of a 78 I've seen. Although the earliest examples where the label color was actually changed and printing reflected that the record was "not for sale" came around 1946, this record predates that by a decade. Instead of printing special labels, stickers saying "Reviewers' Copy - Not For Sale" were pasted over the labels. This is a mid-30s black-and-gold Vocalion copy of two Louis Armstrong records from the '20s. Were these common? 
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120518896284&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
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> Cary Ginell
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