[78-L] record distributors/retailers

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 3/16/2013 2:07 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Label exclusive franchises died out by the late 1920s. The only
> exceptions were special labels made for specific stores such as Romeo
> W.T. Grants, Diva for Daviga, Challenger and Silvertone for Sears,
> Montgomery Ward for, uh, guess who, and one of the budget RCA labels for
> Woolworths I believe.  But none of those are RECORD STORES, and ev3en
> these died out by 1935-36.  I can see from the newspaper ads in the
> early 30s that RECORD STORES carried all labels that they wanted to.
> There was a wonderful thread about NYC record stores over on ARSCList
> earlier this week, including some neighborhood ethnic stores.  It's a
> topic I've been wanting to write about, but we might discuss it at the
> collector's session at ARSC in May and try to arrange a formal session
> for the following year at the national and also local NYC ARSC.
>
> As for the changover years from the 78 to LP, if you look thru the
> earliest Schwann catalogs you will be amazed at how few labels produced
> LPs in 1949 and 1950.  There were some small short-lived labels that
> entered and left the field in 1950-52.  These catalogs are fascinating.
> This might have been part of the story in that posting you are referring
> to.  Can someone link it to us, or can the writer come out and give the
> details?  I'd love to know the details.
>
>
Wards pumped out Varsities in 1940.

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