[78-L] ARKA New York

[Cary Ginell]

I do know that Victor had studios in Montreal, which is where Hank Snow and Wilf Carter made their first records.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 10:32:02 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ARKA New York
> 
> On 10/1/2011 10:16 AM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> > On 10/1/2011 3:01, Birgit Lotz Verlag wrote:
> >> Some labels state they were    RECORDED in Canada. Could that be?
> >> <http://www.russian-records.com/categories.php?cat_id=616>
> >> Just curious
> >> Rainer
> >>
> > One question might be, "Where were recording and or pressing facilities
> > in Canada"? We know that there was Sparton, which made records for
> > Bally, ABS, Capital, Columbia. They were located in London, Ontario.
> > Were there others?
> >
> Well, yeah..since Emile Berliner established a Canadian operation somewhere 
> around the year one, and his son Herbert started the Compo Company in the 
> 1910s. Post-war we had Musicana, which used Sparton's facilities, then Mercury 
> of Canada which morphed into Quality in 1950. There were some west coast labels 
> as well, although for some of them it was easier to get pressings done in the 
> States. Victor, Compo, Quality and Sparton all did custom pressings for small 
> labels up here as well as handling labels like London, MGM, Decca et al.
> 
> dl
> 
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