[78-L] Kate Smith eBay item

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Were glass discs in use in Europe before they were used in the US?

When were they used in Europe?

joe salerno


On 4/16/2011 10:03 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400204219130&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>
>
> I'm not sure if this is the same disc we've seen previously, but Michael
> Feinstein has pointed out that it's definitely not the only existing copy of
> Kate's first performance of God Bless America. A copy is in the New York Public
> Library and the audio is identical to the sample this seller previously posted.
> (Was this also once cited as being a glass lacquer? It would definitely not be
> an original in that case since glass discs weren't in use in the US in 1938.)
>
> Buy it now for $7000..yeah, right.
>
> dl
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