[78-L] Tennessee Ernie Ford promo Background

[Cary Ginell]

I bought my copy at Ray Avery's Rare Records in Glendale in the 1970s. Cost me all of $1.50.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 22:07:24 -0400
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Tennessee Ernie Ford promo Background
> 
> agp wrote:
> > ...or 'Why does Capitol repeatedly screw everything up?'
> >   
> 
> It is part of a multi-national meaga corporation.
> >
> > So,what's the background on this release, apart from acknowledging 
> > the ol pea-picker's 20 years at the tower?
> 
> I think they sent it to everyone, promotional people, store owners, and 
> radio stations.  That's probably where I got my copy, at the college 
> station.  I don't remember.
> >  Oh -- and I'm not sure 
> > what stylus to play this with 78/ lp -- green or red :-)
> Probably microgroove.  Most of these things at that time were.
> 
> > Second -- a plain black label that looks nothing like any other 
> > Capitol label, well maybe a little like the promo/radio station-only 
> > thingies you put out. You couldn't even dig out a retro 1949 style 
> > label with a full size dome on it?
> 
> I agree, but most of the other promo 78s done at that time also used labels that were not repros, Liberty, United Artists, etc.  Hmmm, all part of the same multinational.
> 
> 
> 
>  > Third, mastering -- and I guess this is minor, but you have a 78 size
> 
> > label stuck to a raised label area sized for an lp. Okay, so maybe no 
> > one at that time could properly do this up. 
> 
> Their machinery that cuts and bends the central area so the stampers fit the presses were probably not able to make a flat pressing or one with a smaller raised area.  
> 
> > But I note that this 
> > isn't the only time you messed this up. In the UK you did a 10 inch 
> > 78 in 1990 for Dave Edmund's tune King of Love and put an lp sized 
> > label on that.
> 
> Remember that the British also pressed some of their their Decca LPs with small sized labels and large sized raised areas.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> 
> 
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