[78-L] Wing Records

[Jeff Sultanof]

I once saw a Mercury Wing album with a sticker of $1.98. Vic Damone as I
remember.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

> I checked my Schwanns from the period and they only show the price for
> Mercury and EmArcy ($3.98). In the grand tradition of Schwann, under
> "Wing," there is an instruction that says, "See Mercury 12000," which, of
> course, does not appear anywhere in the index.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> On Mar 4, 2012, at 12:03 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>
> > I seem to recall the price being printed either on the jacket or on the
> outer
> > plastic. This was when Camden and Harmony and Richmond were grabbing that
> > budget market, and they also had the prices displayed (didn't Richmond
> even
> > print the price on the label?). Lovely PR, everybody knew what a
> cheapskate you
> > were.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 3/4/2012 2:59 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >> Does anyone know what the original retail selling price was for LPs on
> the Mercury Wing label in the 1950s? I'm guessing $1.98.
> >>
> >> Cary Ginell
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