[78-L] Canadian SPILKA UKRAINSKOI MOLODI-SUM

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> On 12/2/2010 6:16 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> Arka was a big label for Ukrainian records in Canada. Very popular in 
>>> the
>>> prairie provinces. Odd that RCA's T- masters don't indicate 33 or 78, 
>>> just
>>> coarse groove. There are other prefixes including M (Montreal), PR
>>> (Private
>>> Recording) and S (used on a lot of 50s LPs, not sure what its 
>>> significance
>>> is).
>>>>
>> In fact, Oshawa had a flourishing Ukranian minority (its best-known 
>> landmark
>> is
>> an onion-domed church adjoining the 401!) who came to work in its then-
>> flourishing automobile industry after WWI. There was also a Ukranian 
>> record
>> label pressed and sold here; Horst W. gave me some examples thereof. My
>> computer data is no longer available AFAIK...!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>>
>
> Could have been by the Matys Brothers (of "Who Stole the Keeshka" fame) on
> ALTO. I have one 78 by them with a soloist (Oshawa native) whose name 
> escapes
> me at the moment.
>
Dunno...you'd have to ask Horst, who DOESN'T communicate by e-mail...?!

Steven C. Barr