[78-L] Reissue 78's...

[Steven]

From: David Lennick
> I think we were all pretty clearly talking about the early fifties, 
> despite Mr.
Barr's reference to ARC, unless Steve merged three decades into one and I
missed something or the cat got in front of the computer screen again. 
Always
best to blame the cat. She can take it.
>
Nope...Ecru (the ecru cat) had nothing to do with it...it was my apparent
incorrect reference...! Nevertheless, ARC continued at least until early
1939...and its "corporate descendant" (whomever that was...?!) owned
the rights to virtually all of the pre-WWII recordings!

Also, the "legitimate" record industry had been doing little in the way of
reissuing noted jazz sides (and NOTHING for other music genres) prior
to 1949; my idea is that the appearance of "pirate" reissues forced
them to realize there WAS a market for such records...?!

Steven C. Barr