[78-L] what a work of fiction

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from you-know-where:

the item is a Victor PRogram Transcription of Stokowski conducting 
Schubert's Symphony #8. At least, I assume it is Schubert and not 
Dvorak. It was never stated exactly.

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The seller says:

"You are looking at one of the rarest records to exist,Most people think 
33rpms or lps were not made until the fifties,But The Program 
Transcriptions were made in 1931 by the inventor of flat records.In 
Canada.,The records were made to replace the 78s but people were not 
able to buy the new machines/record players to play the new speed 33 
rpm.These records were made by Victor Talking Machine company of Canada 
limited,Montreal.The records were made for only one year! Victor had to 
stop making the machines and records because no one, or almost no one 
could buy the machines and new records Victor scraped the whole plan and 
almost all the records and machines were destroyed,33 rpms would not be 
made again until the fifties.

This record was bought sometime during 1931 buy Queens University in 
Kingston Ontario,This is how I came across the record.It is one sided 
made of  a soft material just like present records.Victor had live bands 
to record these records this one is by Leopold Stokowski and the 
Philadelphia Orchestra,Symphony no.8,in B minor.
The record number in L-11646-S.These records are so rare I could say how 
many still Around..The condition is excellent no scratches no scuffs 
When I got it it was still in its origanl cover."

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OK, so they are not so common, but I would hardly say they are the 
rarest record to exist. I would immediately think of Berliners and 
pre-dog Victors (or pre-Victor Victors) as more difficult to come by 
perhaps, or 20" Pathes, all of which were also commercially produced and 
relatively new tech in their respective days. I didn't know that Victor 
attempted to destroy all the machines and records - like they would 
waste money on that when times were tough...

joe salerno