[78-L] Does size matter?

[David Weiner]

I think it was a giveaway with the initial LP issue of the cast album in
the US. Somewhere sometime I saw a trade ad that stated this.

Dave Weiner

On 5/8/12 5:48 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>It's not all that unusual for a ten-inch record to be reissued as a
>twelve-incher, but I'm curious why I have what appear to be contemporary
>versions of the same item in both formats. Truman Capote reads his short
>story 
>"House of Flowers" exists as a white label Columbia "Premium Record", not
>for 
>sale. From the matrix numbers (LP and XLP 12508/9), this must have been
>recorded around late 1952 or early 1953, which might connect it with the
>Columbia Literary Series, but was it issued at the time or held in the
>can and 
>issued in conjunction with the cast album of the musical House Of
>Flowers, 
>which would have appeared early in 1955? The ten-inch is a US pressing
>and the 
>twelve-inch is a Canadian pressing. Both white label, Columbia
>Masterworks.
>
>dl
>
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