[78-L] Odd Columbia 78s from Argentina

[David Lennick]

Are you sure of the speed? 7-inch Columbia singles had the z-prefix no matter what speed they were recorded at. 33rpm singles have ZLP and there were still fine-groove 78s cut for premiums (I have the Jo Stafford "St. Louis Blues" on both 45 and 78).

dl
 
> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:47:17 +0000
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: agp2176 at verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Odd Columbia 78s from Argentina
> 
> At 00:15 15/05/2010, RP wrote:
> >RZCO prefix....the Z is the giveaway, 7" they are.
> 
> Thanks. This makes them all the more curious. They would be from 
> 1952/ 1953, so as to why Columbia, whose forte was the lp, would 
> adopt a format that was 78 rpm and 7 inch is odd. I have to wonder 
> how long this coupling lasted and if these disks had 10 inch 78 
> counterparts as well.
> 
> One of the reasons this is interesting to me is that in Brazil, the 7 
> inch single spun at 33, at least from 60s forward. It would seem that 
> South America is the place for odd size/ speed combos
> 
> T
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