[78-L] ARTO Label Question

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I wonder how ARTO got away using the batwing design when they were only 90 miles up the road from Victor.  Seems Victor would have been all over them for copyright infringement.  Unless Victor copied ARTO's batwing design..??  Were the ARTO label records made before, during, or after the Victor batwings?
 
Just a note, my YT recordings are all 1 channel to begin with.  My turntable is plugged into the computer at the MIC input, only a single channel.  The audio file created is 2 channel with both channels being identical.
 
Thanks!  CDB
 
Tyrone Settlemier talk78s.settlemier at sbcglobal.net 
Sun Jan 2 05:13:01 PST 2011 


Arto was completely unrelated to Victor.  Also unrelated to Emerson, 
although both used the 45-degree "univeral" cut.  If you post this to 
youtube, transfer in stereo, then throw away one of the channels.

I wouldn't call them truly rare, but you don't run across them every day, 
either.

By the way, enjoyed the Glenn Miller promo you posted recently.
Tyrone




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Subject: [78-L] ARTO Label Question


Just brought home a collection 78s and found a few labels I haven't seen 
before. One is the ARTO UNIVERSAL RECORD, whose label bears a striking 
resemblance to the VICTOR batwing label, at least the layout, with the gold 
batwing border and text with black background. I found a couple brief 
references to this label in the 78-l archives, not to informative, though. 
Not much on the 'net, either. You can view the label here:

http://78records.cdbpdx.com/labels/RSA/#ARTO

I assume this was a VICTOR product, probably a contemporary of their batwing 
label?? Rare, maybe?

Any comments?

Thanks! CDB