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

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Were the early silver letter black label Columbias laminated?

joe salerno


David Lennick 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
> 
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