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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

Tnx for the info....

At 06:20 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote:
>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