[78-L] Early 2LP Album 1950

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Feb 23 19:23:25 PST 2013


Same goes for London operas and lengthy symphonies, albums well into the mid 
50s. And Mercury and RCA both used DeLuxe padded albums for special sets like 
complete ballets and the Glenn Miller Limited Editions.

dl

On 2/23/2013 9:38 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Vanguard was using this format as late as 1953..just looked at "May Night", 3
> lps in fold-over pockets, 78 type album. The libretto was printed in 1953.
>
> dl
>
> On 2/23/2013 9:01 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>
>>
>> IIRC, An Evening with Will Shakespeare issued by THEATRE MASTERWORKS was in that format as originally released,
>> later as a box set and reissued by Continental.
>>
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
>> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 8:11 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Early 2LP Album 1950
>>
>>
>> Vox and Vanguard also used that format into the early 50s. Columbia and Decca
>> went to box sets with the pages attached to a dowel post by some weird kind of
>> paper that dried out, shrank, cracked, broke, disintegrated or whatever.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 2/23/2013 7:25 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
>>> Ebay 180850806855
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bruckner-Sym-6-A-min-Vienna-Swoboda-1950-Westminster-WL-5055-6-2-LP-Set-EXC-/180850806855?pt=Music_on_Viny
>> l&hash=item2a1b8c5047&nma=true&si=kz3%252FosxMAVLOCpfLvyPAVfPR5Qw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
>>>
>>> shows a 1950 2LP album (Bruckner on Westminster),
>>> which still has the layout of a 78rpm album.
>>> Can't remember if I have seen such before.
>>>
>>> han enderman
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