[78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia

[Royal Pemberton]

I wonder if they were any more or less consistent with that speed
specification compared with other labels of the time?  Somewhere in the
archives of 78-L one can find the exact matrix number at which UK Columbia's
standard speed became 78 (IIRC it was some time in 1927).

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> 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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