[78-L] Mercury Made in Czechoslovakia

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Mercury was distributed in France by Barclay/ Compagnie Phonographique 
Française  (it was called Mercure for a time) before Philips. And 
Barclay also had a deal with Supraphon.

BC
Le 1 sept. 10, à 01:45, goldenbough at arcor.de a écrit :

>
>
> The Gramophone Company's pressing plant at the industrial town of 
> Aussig
> became, after WWII, the Supraphon pressing plant in what was now called
> Ustí nad Labem.
>
> Supraphon was well know for custom pressings. They pressed 78s for 
> labels
> in Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Albania, Pakistan - at least these are the 
> countries
> that I have 78s from which say 'Made in Czechoslovakia'.
>
> I cannot imagine that such Mercury records 'Made in Czechoslovakia' 
> were
> ever sold anywhere else than in North America, because, for example, 
> Mercury
> pressings with Bulgarian music always turn up in the USA, but never in 
> Bulgaria.
>
> Czechoslovakian records exported to the USA in 1962:   $26,000, says
> Billboard.
>
> Which company would have distributed, within Western Europe, some 
> Keynote
> material pressed on Mercury-labelled records?  In Western Europe 
> Mercury
> was generally represented by Philips International. Exceptions were 
> Austria,
> where Mercury material appeared on Austroton, Greece (Helladisc), Italy
> (Phonogram), Sweden (Sonora), maybe others.
>
> Benno
>
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