[78-L] Album Images Needed (2.1) Decca w. titles

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> That's an interesting point, since the discs in my copy are later pressings. No 
> booklet. I'll look and see if there's a copyright date on the cover (which is 
> the same on front and back).
>   
I was suspicious of the color picture noted because the first color 
picture I know of is Gulliver's Travels #100, and then when I went to 
load Han's impges I saw the bright red but lettered cover, and I 
realized it was a reissue cover.  But send it on because I have a few 
important comments to make about several covers I have in both the 
original and reissue, especially #47 Songs of Old NY which I just got an 
original of from Darrell Lehman's sale.  It demonstrates Decca's 
imaginative use of colored papers on the early covers.  And I have 
observations to make about the albums  with lettered covers but photos 
on the inside covers like the Bob Crosby Han mentions, and then the ones 
with the photo covers.  There is an evolution and a learning curve that 
can only be seen with this large a group of images. 
> My point about having original Parlophone pressings of some of the earliest 
> numbers was that they were what were available to me, and in fact I don't think 
> I've seen the Rosing and Kraus-Goldberg sets on US Decca whereas they were long 
> catalogue staples on Parlophone. There are a few cases where the US versions 
> definitely are better pressings, such as the Walton Symphony #1, but that was 
> not a numbered album, just single discs 25600/5.
>
> dl
>
>   

I need to check Rigler Deutsch to see if these exist in the archives -- 
but we do have some classical collectors here.  I am kinda pissed off 
that the ARSCList is ignoring the requests excepts for Smolian's remark 
about a couple of covers being enough.  All the archives seem too busy 
to even check if they have the albums.   I've been defending them for 
years saying they are NOT black holes.  Maybe I was wrong. The private 
collectors come thru again!  (with help from R&H, of course.)

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> Han Enderman wrote:
>   
>> I have an image of Album 16 without any picture on the front cover; only the title/credit printed in white
>> within a rectangle, on a plain red cover. Pres. the first edition. Since there is no album nr on the front,
>> I did not know it until Mike described the album as "wanted".
>> David must have a later pressing, and this may be clear from some contents. Possibly there is a booklet,
>> but this may not have a printing date. An A-prefix is a later printing. But the label style may be an indication
>> There are 3 types of blue Decca block label blanks, differing in the TRADE MARK legend just below the 
>> label name: 
>> 1 - orig. issues of De 2068-2072 state: Trade Mark Registered. - Released early 1938-spring 1941.
>> 2 - next type says: Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. - Released ca. May-December 1941.
>> 3 - following type has patent legend in tiny print over 2 lines, and a new manufacturer's line, ending with ...U.S.A.
>> (on types 1/2 it's ending with ...Inc.). - Used late 1941-1945.
>> Album 16 exists with these 3 label types (from label images). There may be additional variants of type 3,
>> differing in the font used for the side number.
>> David, can you say something about the release date of your album 16?
>>
>> My image of album 12 has a similar front cover (rectangle in upper right corner), but the booklet shows a 
>> tango dancing couple.
>> Album 22 (Sousa) also without picture cover, and my guess would be that all these early albums have plain
>> or wallpaper fronts.
>> Album 32 (Bob Crosby Showcase) has text only cover (+ photos inside), but my image of 27 shows a Mexican hat (this
>> is a pressing with label type 2). Album 33 (Boys from Syracuse) with photo cover (orig.??).
>>
>> Han Enderman
>> ===
>>     
>>>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>>>           
>>> * 16 Ten Famous Rumbas Vol 1  Henry King
>>> 	--has a nice full color cover of a dancing girl
>>>   
>>>       
>> That's good, because I was planning on commenting about #12 Ten Famous 
>> Tangos by Pancho & Orch that has a lettering cover but a real sezy photo 
>> on the booklet that they should have put on the cover.  They must have 
>> learned their lesson.
>>     
>>> * 42 Gypsy Memories   Nicholas Matthey
>>> 	--has only white lettering on black, left edge of album
>>>   
>>>       
>> This is one of the styles that they used on a whole series of covers, 
>> but always in different colors. 
>> (m.biel) <<<
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>>     
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