[78-L] Somebody's color blind..

[David Lennick]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> At 04:07 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote:
>> What can anyone tell me about Columbia's pale green label 
>> "International" series records that were pressed between circa 1915 
>> and 1925?I had a Columbia 78 of  some waltz that was of Serbian or-
>> igin.It was a tough tune to learn in that it had several major key 
>> themes with one minor theme towards
>> the end.Milan brought it to mind after he told me he was emailing me 
>>from Serbia regarding Al Hend-
>> rickson.I broke the record in the early eighties.It was performed on 
>> violin with what sounded like a g-
>> uitar.Didn't Columbia go back to laminating their pressings in the forties?
>>
> 
> I though that US Columbia pressings were always laminated? I haven't 
> seen one that wasn't. Overseas might be a different story though....
> 
> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78L <78-L at 78online.com>
>> Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 10:07:42 PM
>> Subject: [78-L] Somebody's color blind..
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.ca/Columbia-Blue-Wax-Record-Catalog-English-1932_W0QQitemZ300397368168
>>
>> Whaaaaa..!? I have this catalogue and it's not a Blue Wax catalogue at all!
>> It's a standard English Columbia catalogue for 1932. Ironic that it refers to
>> "The Record Without Scratch", since this was when they stopped 
>> laminating them.
>>
>> dl
> 

I've seen some acousticals that weren't laminated, but I don't know at what 
points these may occur. And Columbias were definitely laminated (with odd 
exceptions such as the one I'm vague about) till the red label was introduced 
in 1939. I believe they went back to laminated pressings in '41. Mid 50s red 
Columbias are shellac..again, I don't know if this applies across the board or 
just at some plants.

dl