[78-L] Columbia Patriotic Series, was Columbia blue on white labels, revisited

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Aug 28 19:31:36 PDT 2010


On 8/28/2010 8:45 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> I found two more Columbia P- discs this afternoon. Full colour labels.
>> P19:
>> THE VETERAN'S SONG..ROBERT HOWE/THE OLD BRIGADE..HARRISON LATIMER
>> P20:
>> SONS OF THE SEA..HAROLD WOOD/TOMMY ATKINS..ROBERT HOWE
> Found WHERE?! I buy these whenever I run across them...but most of the
> several
> which I own came with boxes of "miscellaneous junk" sold at CAPS meetings!

I found them over at the warehouse yesterday..if you wannem, you can havvem.

>  AFAIK, the "notes" label was replaced
> at c. A2000 with
> a short-lived "barless" variant of the "bar label" (I actively collect
> these!)

Duly noted..barless for Barr.
>
> I was working (and I think still am...?!) with Jack Litchfield on a
> compilation of the
> Canadian 16*-D series...used from 1924 until an unknown point in the
> thirties!
> Needless to say, these discs are in the "hens' teeth" category...as is any
> documentation
> thereunto!

Jack is still noting everything that turns up..I found another one last week, 
parts 1 & 2 of a Nursery Rhymes medley (16107-D), which I've dated to November 
1930 and the 1932 English Columbia catalogue lists this and parts 3 & 4, so 
possibly that was also on Canadian Columbia 16108D.

Don't forget there was also a Patriotic Series on Canadian Victor, with similar 
repertoire ("Your King and Country Want You" etc). Also white labels with red 
and white printing and a Union Jack.

dl




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