[78-L] Wettling on Weathers

[Royal Pemberton]

I take it this is the same Weathers (Weathers Industries) that made a
capacitance pickup in the 1950s, and an early stereo turntable that only
supported the record at the label?


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:04 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> On 10/15/2013 12:59 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> > On 15/10/13 16:43, David Lennick wrote:
> >> I have two near mint (unsealed) copies of GEORGE WETTLING'S HI FIDELITY
> >> RHYTHMS, recorded summer 1955 (per notes, Lord says 1954) and issued as
> >> Weathers W-5501. Both are in generic jackets with what would be the
> back liner
> >> inserted in the front of the shrink wrap by a Canadian distributor. Is
> this how
> >> the record was issued?
> >>
> >> dl
> >> _______________________________________________
> > My copy is in a 1/2" thick cardboard box, and includes a cardboard
> square, the record in a polythene sleeve (which I may have put there), and
> loose liner notes on a separate sheet.
> >        Julian Vein
> >
> Somewhat classier than my copies! Must have been unsold stock, since this
> type
> of shrink wrap wasn't in use in the 50s.
>
> dl
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