[78-L] Did^ vocals help sell records? [was Can Anyone Identify

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Feb 11 06:11:40 PST 2010


Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> But if they owned up-to-date editions of the Victor Book Of The Opera, 
>> they
>> didn't listen to any German music because none of it was listed (and 
>> weren't
>> Karl Muck and other Huns deprived of their names in the record catalogs 
>> for the
>> duration?).
>>
> Meanwhile, the German operations of The Gramophone Company were pressing
> "bootleg" copies of Victor classical discs; I forget the name they used for 
> these?
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 

"Opera-Disc".

dl




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