[78-L] John McCormack [was 78's on Ebay]

[David Lennick]

On 1/20/2011 12:34 AM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Seems to me there are many Canadian Victor and Compo discs in the early
>> 20s
>> that look as if they came from the same presses and use the same compound,
>> more
>> very dark brown than black.
>>
> I suspect that Herbert Berliner, who was CEO of Compo while still working
> at Victor(C), used Victor's facilities to record and press a LOT of his
> Compo
> discs...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
Canadian Victors in the popular series also had dark blue labels for a few 
years. I've seen custom pressings and special recordings like a disc by Akiva 
Bornstein and I can't tell whether they're Compo or Victor(C).

dl