[78-L] Cany Anyone Identify this Singer

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Feb 10 20:11:47 PST 2010


Steven C. Barr wrote:
> This in turn brings up another question (I've asked before, but no one
> answered?!):
>
> In the twenties (and, I assume, into thethirties)...stores who sold machines 
> and
> records were dealers for one particular brand; that is, if you visited a 
> Victor
> dealer they would have Victor (and Bluebird from 1932?) records and 
> machines.
> At that time, virtually ALL the record labels issued their version(s) of all 
> the
> currently-popular song hits.
>
> So...when was the first appearance of record stores which offered all (or 
> nearly
> all) of the available record labels? I have a c.1941-2 flyer from a record 
> store
> in Toronto which lists many (most?) record labels.
>
> Keep in mind that it was during the mid-thirties that younger record buyers 
> wanted
> not only hit tunes, but specific versions thereof...!
>
>   

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http://www.vinylives.com/history.html

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