[78-L] Victor Scroll Labels in Canada?

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Tue Apr 3 00:14:35 PDT 2012



On 4/3/2012 1:30 AM, Clifford Bolling wrote:
> In the U.S., Victor labels evolved from Batwing to Scroll to Ring design for their labels.

Now this doesn't answer your Canadian question, but here's a bit of 
inside info I forgot to tell Kurt during the final editing of the Victor 
label book last year. Do you know what the people inside Victor actually 
called the Scroll label?  OCTAGON.  That was its real name.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>   
> Did the Scroll label get skipped for Canadian pressings and go straight from Batwing to Rings?? 
> I have some Canadian pressed 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE/VICTOR' label records that I know
> were made in the 1940s that are still Batwing, but I don't recall ever seeing Canadian Scroll design labels.
>   
> http://PDX78s.cdbpdx.com/CanSC/
>   
> Thanks!  CDB


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