[78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia

[David Lennick]

My favorite English translation is, of course, Invest in a Tuba and Somethin' 
or other 'bout Cuba.

dl

On 12/4/2010 7:21 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
> Definitely "On With the Motley!".  I've had a copy and concur.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 7:17 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia
>
> I've had this set..I may still have it (don't see it on the shelf) but I
> held
> onto the information. Matrix numbers are between WA 4999 and 5062. Features
> Heddle Nash, Miriam Licette, Dennis Noble, Frank Mullings and Harold
> Williams,
> conducted by Eugene Goossens, and as I recall it's pretty awful.
>
> dl
>
> On 12/4/2010 6:25 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> 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