[78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Fri Dec 3 19:19:19 PST 2010


From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net>
> I had someone write to me through my website asking if I was interested in 
> a 12 record set in a binder by the British National Opera Company 
> performing Pagliacci. He's located in the UK so shipping would be a bit 
> prohibitive to get it to me in the US. What struck me funny about the set 
> when I looked at the pictures was the speed was listed as 80rpm. Is this 
> indicative of a certain time period for British Columbias? I only have one 
> British Columbia of that label type in my collection and just looked at 
> it. Never noticed but it also says 80rpm.
Anyone interested in this set?
>
During the early-mid twenties, British Columbia cited their speed as 80 rpm!

Steven C. Barr 



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