[78-L] Columbia sublabels [was MGM-Supertone connection?]

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>> Sorry for being think in the head. You mean, the online database here
>> http://www.78discography.com/SPTCol.htm
>> has incorrect label numbers?
> Finally, at long last, you tell us where you got the listing from.  If
> you had told us in the first posting that you were comparing a photo of
> a Metro Goldwyn Mayer 1076-P on Ebay with this page, we could have told
> you and Ty that this page is all screwed up.  This is NOT a listing of
> Supertone -S (Spt).  This IS a listing of  Columbia -P SR Special Record
> (Client  Labels).  The actual labels are all mixed together here.  The
> Metro Goldwyn Mayer 1076-P you were looking at is the SAME 1076-P on
> this list.  It is NOT Supertone.  Ty is the one who misread the Rust
> list of abbreviations.  So you are excused from being confused.  We
> didn't realize you weren't using a real discography.
> Guys, we need to help Ty.  First of all, Ty, change the title of this
> page.  Second, we need to check our records and tell Ty which label goes
> with which number.
> To start, 1076-P is Metro Goldwyn Mayer, as is 1084-P.  1047-P is Publix.
> So everybody check their records and help Ty out.  This is yet another
> example of how a Rust short-cut can screw things up.
>
First...the problem is in the Abrams Files...which Ty simply put into HTML
form for his on-line database...and thus NOT in Ty's work! Second...have
we actually established that all the "private" labels pressed by Columbia
for various clients were numbered separately, rather than Columbia
having used a xxxx-P series covering all such labels? Does anyone
own examples of two such labels using the same -P number for
for different records? There records are rare enough that most of us
only own a handful of them; this might require ALL of us listing the
applicable records we own...?!

Steven C. Barr