[78-L] It's Now or Never

[David Lennick]

What am I missing here? I keep looking and seeing an RCA sleeve.

dl

On 8/20/2011 11:50 AM, agp wrote:
> At 15:32 20/08/2011, CG wrote:
>
>> Wonder if the bootlegger used this 10-inch copy and merely changed
>> the label digitally to make it look like a 78. Why he used a Capitol
>> sleeve is a mystery.
>
> That's very possible. The Capitol sleeve though adds an air of
> authenticity to it though as to many people one company's sleeve is
> the same as another and could lead someone to say 'this was stashed
> away in someone's attic for years'.
>
> A comment was made about bootlegging/ faking/ counterfeiting shellac,
> and the relative im-possibility of doing so. A counterfeit/ fake
> wouldn't have to be shellac to pass muster as many late 78s, such as
> Pye,  in the UK were vinyl. Not sure about RCA though, but still,
> someone could get away with fooling the public. The proof wuold be on
> examination for dead-wax stampings and groove pitch
>
> T
>