[78-L] 1905 COLUMBIA RECORD Label Printing

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Tim Brooks Vol I Columbia book says The Columbia Phonograph 12500-13499 series was reserved for Austro-Hungarian recordings issued 1905-1908.  Sherman-Nauck 'Note the Notes' said Columbia maintained offices in cities throughout Europe.  Maybe someone thought it a good idea to add Vienna to the cities list for this audience, a nod to their office in Vienna..??  Similar labels occur with Milan and Paris for those audiences.

Just thought it was weird that the printers would take the time to use the same font and same arc for the addition.

CDB

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> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:21:04 +0200
> From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
> Subject: [78-L]  1905 COLUMBIA RECORD Label Printing
> Anomaly
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> Actually this is a label type that is not in Sherman-Nauck
> "Note the Notes".
> I have a very similar image of 12584, but this has 'Berlin'
> instead of Vienna.
> 
> The main label type here is Sherman's III.B (COLUMBIA
> PHONOGRAPH CO. 
> along upper rim), but the "Condition" is omitted, as in
> type IV 
> (Columbia Record - Grand Prize), so your type is
> intermediate between
> III.B.2.a and IV.A.
> More common are labels with Milan-London-New York (for ex.,
> 10605).
> 
> What is the meaning of the first location? Does it refer to
> the place of
> recording or were such records exported?
> 
> Han Enderman
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> Greetings.  I just acquired a small group of pre-1910
> Columbia label records and found an interesting anomaly on
> COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO record # 12511, an Austro-Hungarian
> recording.  At the top under the company name, usually
> it says LONDON - NEW YORK in a nice arc, but this one says
> VIENNA - LONDON - NEW YORK, where the last 2 cities
> lettering is neatly arc shaped but VIENNA is a straight line
> at an angle.  You can view the label here:
> 
> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/New09-13-10/Pics/tn-650_ColPhon_12511.JPG
> 
> Probably normal, just thought it was interesting.
> 
> CDB
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