[78-L] TEST II

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Mon Jan 25 22:43:29 PST 2010


> Columbia started using the "W" prefix on their electric recordings in 1925
> (I would guess this indicated the use of the Western Electric system...
> one also wonders why Col(US) didn't use Col(UK)'s proprietary system,
> since they were owned by the British operation...?!). Presumably, any 
> extant patents
> granted to WE in the 1921-24 period would have expired between
> 1938 and 1941...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr




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