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

[Steven]

From: Michael Biel 
> On 11/13/2010 7:30 PM, Steven wrote:
>> 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!
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>
Admittedly, Decca DID offer the 80xxx reissue series (based on their
holdings of Brunswick...?!)...which DID seem to sell very well...?!
However, (RCA) Victor didn't "mine" their vast holdings of important
recordings [the single album of important Biederbecke recordings
seems to have been a one-off item?!] for a number of years!

Interestingly enough, the success of these releases may have
inspired other releases of "important jazz recordings"...?!

Steven C. Barr