[78-L] 78 Album Sets outside the US & Canada

[Jeff Sultanof]

In fact, the first Ted Heath sides issued in the US consisted of The London
Suite, a set of three 10" 78s of themes written by Fats Waller. The liner
notes clearly state this. This was issued here in 1948.

I can also attest that at least some of the albums themselves were printed
here. I once had the Carousel original cast set, and discovered that there
was another cover below the Carousel cover. Curiosity got the best of me, so
I tore the Carousel cover off to discover the cover to an album of Ansermet
and the Suisse Romande performing Stravinsky's Petrouchka.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:58 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

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> I'm not sure about album sets of popular music in Europe, although there
> were some jazz compilations issued in the 30s and the Brunswick Showboat
> album was definitely issued as such (I have it), but classical album sets
> were definitely marketed in Europe and the UK, probably before the idea
> caught on in the States. During the 40s there was a serious restriction on
> the material used to make albums, and sets were sold without them as late as
> 1950 I believe. London and Deutsche Grammophon album sets were definitely
> imported into North America in the late 40s, although the albums themselves
> were probably manufactured in the States. London sets included Ted Heath,
> George Shearing, Ambrose, Harry Roy, plus dozens of classical works.
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