[78-L] Flagstad white label discs [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Are they special order pressings?  I*ve heard that one could order any 78
record from EMI and  if they still had shells, they'd press one up for you special.  For many moneys, of course!

Or is this just another urban legend?

Mike in Plovdiv  

--- On Sun, 10/10/10, Dan Van Landingham <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Dan Van Landingham <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Flagstad white label discs
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 10:32 PM
> Not to change the subject,but as you
> are mentioning HMV,why didn't EMI step in 
> and take over the RCA Victor masters after General Electric
> bought RCA back in 
> 1985?I used to own a great Pathe
> album of Coleman Hawkins with Django Rheinhardt from 1937
> that included a great 
> version of "Hon-
> eysuckle Rose" that also featured Benny Carter on alto with
> great work by 
> Reinhardt himself.Was Pa-
> the connected with EMI?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78L <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 2:53:45 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Flagstad white label discs
> 
> I have a pair of HMV white label discs of Kirsten Flagstad
> singing Schubert 
> songs. Not in WERM, pressed in England but looking as if
> they were recorded 
> elsewhere..in fact these labels are definitely paste-overs.
> Anyone know 
> anything about these? No catalogue numbers.
> 
> 1118/1    Die Allmacht
> 1118/2    Die Junge Nonne
>     "G de B" in the wax along with the matrix numbers
> 
> 1173/1    Dem Unendlichen
> 1173/2    Der Atlas; Die Kraehe
> 
> Not in great shape (varying degrees of edge damage to both
> discs).
> 
> dl
> 
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