[78-L] Broadway Albums

[David Lennick]

DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> But weren't Broadway cast albums on Red Seal in Canada?  And even in the 
> States we had Jimmy Durante on Red Seal.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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> You're right!  For some reason, I thought green was a popular colour for this genre but I just checked a handful of LPs and they're all red except Peter Pan which is Green.  What colour were they in the US?
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> d

They were green in Canada till about 1955. Green in the US as well (including 
the few that appeared on 78 from 1950 on) and then I suspect they went to black 
label US, red label Canada, full colour red probably from 1959 or '60..?

dl