[78-L] ARLIE record label image database, was: VICTOR LABEL BOOK -- you MUST get it

[buster]

Does anyone on here own the ARLIE label image database, available from Nauck here:

http://65.36.235.139/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=NRC&Product_Code=210-021&Category_Code=210

Looks interesting but I'd like to ask a few questions about it before taking the plunge. Thanks. 

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Since I have not read any reviews yet, all I can think is that nobody 
> here has ordered the new revised edition of Michael W. Sherman's (with 
> Kurt Nauck) "Collector's Guide To Victor Records" yet.  WHAT ARE YOU 
> WAITING FOR???  An engraved invitation?  If so, consider this to be 
> one.   My copy had been buried in my unopened mail from my recent trip, 
> and was mailed Nov 15, so ordered copies should have already arrived.
> 
> I have been carrying around a set of page proofs for 4 months now which 
> I have been correcting and adding to, and as dazzling as they are, now 
> that I actually have the completed bound book I am absolutely 
> overwhelmed.  It is far beyond my expectations and I thought I knew what 
> it would look like.  The book is breathtaking.
> 
> I might be a little biased, but my participation is minor.  Mike and 
> Kurt have worked wonders.  I did the matrix prefix section at the end, 
> gave the pressing plant info in the footnote section for Chap 9, did 
> some proofing, and provided some labels that are, in all modesty, 
> knockouts (The Vouce of the Victor on page 214 and the Bluebird on 215 
> are a couple of examples) but 99 & 44/100% is Mike and Kurt.  The 
> comparison with the two earlier versions is beyond belief.
> 
> I am flattered that they surprised me with placing my most amazing find 
> on the end-papers, and actually it was Vince Giordano who first spotted 
> it.   We had gone to the Sony archives to find one specific thing (which 
> we couldn't find) but in an afternoon where we DID find some amazing 
> stuff, he was sorting thru a file box of misc. label stuff for me to 
> photograph when he opened a mailer flyer and said "you've got to see 
> this."  The label pictures in it are amazing enough -- you've never seen 
> anything like them -- but as we read what the flyer actually said, what 
> it actually proposed, we knew we had stumbled onto unknown history.  I 
> even took some shots with my phone to set it to mike, but there was no 
> phone service deep in that building so he and Kurt had to wait till the 
> evening. They kept their enthusiasm well hidden -- when we roomed at 
> IASA last month Kurt did not even hint at that they had used it for the 
> end-papers.  I opened the book an hour ago and WOW!
> 
> I am not telling you what that flyer is, although I showed it to a few 
> people like the Rolfs since the photos were still in my camera.  It will 
> have to be your surprise WHEN YOU BUY THE BOOK!!!
> 
> So go to Kurt's web site 78rpm.com and order it for Pete's sake. for 
> YOUR sake.  Even after my build-up you won't be disappointed.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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