[78-L] Flagstad white label discs

[David Lennick]

I'd heard about this as well, finding unpublished gems by placing blind orders.

dl

On 10/11/2010 11:51 PM, D P Ingram wrote:
> Did you get many good "positive hits"  (and did they appear documented subsequently) ?
>
> I must confess, a like that idea a bit. A form of "Roulette" for Music.  I am sure that idea is already patented though nowadays.
>
> Darren
>
> On 11 okt 2010, at 23.48, Malcolm Smith wrote:
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>> In the fifties we used to place orders for records from HMV such as
>> you describe. One had to order by number and often one didn't know
>> what would be pressed. We sometimes used numbers that were were
>> between known issue numbers to try to find unpublished records. There
>> was a minimum number one had to order. I've forgotten what we paid.
>> Some that I have are Melbas and Pattis.
>>
>> Malcolm Smith.
>