[78-L] announcements on Indian 78s

[Erwin Kluwer]

Maybe because in India the Ego is less celebrated .....?


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Birgit Lotz Verlag <
Birgit-Lotz-Verlag at gmx.de> wrote:

> An American friend wrote from India with this question:
>
> "I have a question for you. I have been debating with people about the
> announcements at the end of many early Indian records ("My name is
> Gauhar Jaan", etc...). The standard story is that they were there so
> that the correct labels got
> on to the correct record. But this seems strange to me---why put that
> announcement at the end? Why assume a German record pressing plant would
> understand an announcement in English (with an Indian accent no less).
> Also, in
> other recordings from this time made by Gaisberg (such as immediately
> after India in Japan) do not contain such announcements.
> Announcements in the West or on Arabic records are all at the beginning,
> which makes sense...as an introduction.
> anyway, just wandering if you had thought about this or seen anything in
> all of your research."
>
> Comments anyone? Thanks
> Rainer
>
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