[78-L] acoustic recording

[simmonssomer]

My guess is that the record companies knew that IDIOTS outnumbered all other 
exemplars of our species. (See "The Good Soldier Schweik" by Jaroslav 
Hasek.)
Even in that marvelous measure of marginal IQ's, most had no clue that the 
same performance could conceivably be found on another label.
 If they heard both records more than a day apart many would not know it was 
the same.
It was the most Perfect of all worlds.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] acoustic recording


> >
>> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>
>>> I know they were released on both labels, but what IDIOT would
>>> PURPOSEFULLY pay 75 cents for the EXACT same record he could buy for 35
>>> cents!!
>> Well, folks DID...enough that Pathe Actuelle survived well into 1930!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
> Ah, but Perfect survived into 1938!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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