[78-L] Liner notes

[Sammy Jones]

And on some classical black label releases, too.  I have  copy of a 
single-sided Wedding March from Lohengrin on black label Victor with notes 
and lyrics on the back.  Sorry, it's not nearby, so no number...

Sammy Jones

dl wrote:
> 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.
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> I forgot about the 1924 Musical Masterpiece notes on the individual 
> pockets.
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> dl
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> 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 --------
>>   Subject: [78-L] Liner notes
>>   From: "Ted Kneebone"<tkneebone1 at abe.midco.net>
>>   Date: Sun, December 18, 2011 3:18 pm
>>   To: "78-l"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>
>>   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
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