[78-L] Liner notes

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> And don't forget the descriptive notes Victor printed on the back of many
> Red Seal Records during the 1910s..on the discs themselves, that is.

I forgot those -- but don't forget that old man Emil printed the lyrics
of his nursery rhymes on the backs of his 5-inch Berliner discs in the
early 1890s!  

> I forgot about the 1924 Musical Masterpiece notes on the individual pockets. dl

We're all having our Senior Moments today!

uh, uh, who am I?  Oh yes --  Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


On 12/19/2011 12:17 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Liner notes go way back, long before these examples. In 1917 HMV issued
> a series of operettas and operas with beautifully illustrated covers and
> descriptive notes on the inside front cover. I can supply photos. In
> 1924 when Victor began their acoustical Musical Masterpieces series they
> had descriptive notes and photographs on each individual sleeve pocket
> in the albums. These would discuss the music on the record in the
> sleeve, the performers, orchestra, conductor, composer, etc. The first
> albums in the electrical era were un-numbered with soft covers in 1926
> and I do not know about notes, but when they started numbering the M and
> C album series in 1928 there were notes on the inside front cover of the
> C series (C-1 Victor Herbert, C-2 Steven Foster), and there might have
> been booklets in the M series like Don described. I have examples of
> these early albums.
>
> But remember, Edison supplied descriptive folders with Blue Amberol
> cylinders starting in 1912, and when they started discs in 1912 and 1913
> they had notes in the box for the first and glued to the sleeve after
> the first series. All of these were delivered with the records, but
> there were descriptive notes in the monthly supplements going way back,
> and they could have been used by the customers, but only if they got the
> supplement with the records right when they were issued.
>
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
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> -------- Original Message --------
> From: "Ted Kneebone"<tkneebone1 at abe.midco.net>
>
> Kristian asked about liner notes. One of the first albums
> I bought was Musorgskii's Pictures at an Exhibition,
> Koussevitzky/BSO. It had a leaflet with notes about
> the music. Number was about DM-100, recorded
> in 1930. The CD that was made from it has no liner
> notes. I have my notes since I typed them out before
> sending the discs to a friend.
> All the other albums I had in my collection had
> notes pasted on the inside front cover: RCA,
> Columbia, Musicraft, Decca. The albums dated in the 1930s and 1940s.
> I gave all but some singles to our local university.
> Ted
> Ted Kneebone
>