[78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.

[Han Enderman]

There were a number of Lyric "subseries", though I have no idea how many of them.
My first images in the 4000 series are in range 4101-4167, with both types of multicolor labels.
So these should be vertical. All were 75c in the US. (4140 titled "Some Jazz Blues"; fascinating).

Only the first laterals have been described as such, and I see "Lateral" on 4201-4214 
(but a price on 4217-4243), 4601 & 4901-4903.
4701 by Harry J. Clarke's Royal Waikiki Orch has a price ($1.00) but it will depend on the
release date if it also exists with "Lateral".
Range 5101-5152 has multicolored labels, but 5201-5213, 5602 & 5903 are "Lateral", 
5216-5225 are $1.00.

These image series suggest that there are no 4001-4099 & 5001-5099 series.
An image of 3791 (Lydia Lindgren: Bird's Song) belongs to an unexplained series.

I'm surprised by the price of the 9000 series. Most are $1.25 in US, but 9107 (1812 Overture)
is $2.00 ($2.35 in Canada). Why?
[Glenn there is a price typo in your text about this label picture].

Han Enderman
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It is too bad you do not have any of the vertical Lyric discs because in
addition to the beautiful multicolor lithographed labels, the recordings
are sometimes extraordinary. The first one I got has orchestral
transcription of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and the
overture to Midsummer Night's Dream. Both are wonderful recordings and
run at least 5 minutes each on the 10-inch sides. 

Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
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For all the label varieties of Lyric by Lyraphone records go to the bottom of this page.  There's also a link to the Lyric Phonograph which was the first incarnation of the company
before they reorganized and became a record producer.

http://www.majesticrecord.com/labelsl.htm

Cheers,
Glenn

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From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net <bruce78rpm at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.
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Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 9:55 PM

Those are all lateral groove records, you have no vertical cut Lyrics in that batch. 
The Verticals would be from 4101 to 4170, and the laterals start after that . 
The 4000 series were the dance records, 5000's were vocals and 6000's were 
standard and classical. 
4700's were the Hawaiian series. Hope this helps. 

Bruce 

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Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 9:41:15 PM 
Subject: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ. 

Just brought home a collection of 78s and found 5 double sided LYRIC label 10" records by Lyraphone Co, Newark, NJ. Some poking around on the internet shows these to be kind of scarce. 2 of them are marked Lateral and 3 have a Price $1.00 instead on the label. 

You can view them here: 

http://78labels.cdbpdx.com/LYRIC/ 

I recorded a few they were vertical cut. I'm sure the 2 marked Lateral are lateral cut but the other 3 I'm not sure of. The grooves look lateral cut to me, but they're not marked as such. 

Any comments? 

Thanks! CDB 
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