[78-L] Bootleg 78s

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Counterfeit discs were a big problem for post-war indies. Savoy, Black & White, King, Specialty and most labels that dealt with Race records were hard hit. Even Louis Jordan on Decca was copied. Usually the discs show no matrix numbers and the labels look second-rate. Of course, some of the originals were pretty shoddy, too. Sometimes advance copies were dubbed and the pirates got the product out before the real thing could get there.
It's certainly not unlikely that Jimmy Mercer dabbled in such things.
DJD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill McClung [mailto:bmcclung78 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 03:10 AM
To: '78-L Mail List', 'Bill McClung'
Subject: [78-L] Bootleg 78s

In the recent biography of Ahmet Ertegun, The Last Sultan, there is amention of his going to Houston and finding bootleg copies of Drinking WineSpo-Dee-O-Dee and saying that they came from a source in Paris, Texas.My question is how to spot a bootleg 78? Dead wax? Label?_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l