[78-L] Marconi Records with Sleeves

[Michael Biel]

From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com>
 
> The sleeves are blank on the reverse with no holes.  
> Each sleeve has a small square of waxed paper glued to the inside covering the hole.
> The first 2 of the waxed paper centers are intact, the other 2 have small tears in the middle. 

I was wondering why the labels seemed so indistinct in the photos when
they are in the sleeves but just fine in the label photos.

> Also, the 4 little 'flourishes' are different on the first sleeve than the other three.
> They are made from lightweight cardboard rather than paper.  CDB

This is good to know for my research on the history of sleeves. The
regular Columbia sleeves were always a little more heftier than most
other companies, but they were made from the bluish paper that cracks
and breaks off so easily.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
 
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-------- Original Message --------
From Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
  
>> WOW!! Good find. The sleeves are scarcer than the discs. What is the
reverse of the sleeves? Any printing? From the picture it looks like
there is no hole on the reverse. I have one of the two-sided Spanish
discs, and I wonder if there was a hole in the reverse of those sleeves,
and if they were in Spanish.   Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
 
  -------- Original Message -------- 
 
From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com> 
 
>>> Here is a peek at a recent acqusition, 4 Marconi records (by Columbia) with original sleeves: 
>>> http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/Marconi/ 
>>> Never thought I'd have any of these in my collection. Very exciting! CDB