[78-L] Columbia flag label

[Royal Pemberton]

It's also the label used on the first pressings of 'You may be lonesome'/'I
had someone else before I had you' by Art Gillham on 328-D, electricals
recorded 25 February 1925, the first Columbia session using the Western
Electric equipment.


On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:31 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I've had John Peel on flag label as well.
>
> dl
>
> On 6/1/2013 3:21 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> > I have a Columbia 10 inch record with a copper coloured "flag label",
> number 348-D, one side is "A Plainman's Song" and the other is "Discovery".
>  Both sides are are performed by "Associated Glee Clubs of America".  The
> label goes on to say, "Recorded at their performance at Metropolitan Opera
> House, N.Y."
> >
> > I've only seen this label used on acoustic records but this sounds to me
> like it must be an electrical recording.  Nowhere on the label is there any
> mention of it being an electrical recording, however there is a "W" in a
> circle in the dead wax.  In all the copyright information at the bottom of
> the label, the last date mentioned is 1922.  Was this label used at the
> beginning of the electrical era or for experimental electrical recordings?
> >
> > db
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