[78-L] Pathe 20" use, was pizza sizes

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Also according to Ron's Book, "U.S. Pathe Advertisements in the October and November editions of Talking Machine World do include a mention of 20" records being available at $4.00 each, and these are the only U.S. Ads to date that have reference to these records. There are not included in the formal U.S. catalog of center start or rim start records; all copies sold in the U.S. would have come by special order from Europe, unless a few were kept in stock here for demonstration purposes. These records were recorded at 120-130rpms. It appears that these records had to be played with a specially orders phonograph from Europe as none of the regularly stocked Pathe machines for sale in the U.S. had a turntable compartment wide enough for 20" records. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "RUSSELL BARNES" <r.barnes4 at btopenworld.com> 
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Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2011 8:23:08 AM 
Subject: Re: [78-L] Pathe 20" use, was pizza sizes 

Years ago I had a few 20inch Pathes - including a single sided' test pressing'. 

These I gathered were once played in a UK Restaurant/Bar which housed a Pathe Cabinet Machine. Can't imagine what they would fetch on EBay to-day, 

Russ Barnes (UK) 



- On Sun, 9/10/11, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote: 


From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> 
Subject: Re: [78-L] Pathe 20" use, was pizza sizes 
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
Date: Sunday, 9 October, 2011, 5:42 


In my looking thru the early trade press I haven't yet come across the 
20-inch Pathes and the special machines that played them, but I have 
seen info about sales of the Victor Auxetophone, and it was sold thru 
the regular channels. I would think the same would be for the 20-inch 
Pathes, but I'll be on the lookout for info. 

Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 


-------- Original Message -------- 
Subject: [78-L] Pathe 20" use, was pizza sizes 
From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> 
Date: Sat, October 08, 2011 6:42 pm 
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 

All this discussion about pizza sizes has reminded me of a question I've 

been meaning to ask. 

I've read that 20" Pathe records were intended mainly for "commercial" 
use, canned music for outdoor events and such. 

How were they sold? To regular retail customers (would they own a 
machine to play these monsters?) along side of conventionally sized 
records, or thru some other industrial outlet directed at a different 
market? 

joe salerno 

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