[78-L] Canadian, American, like what's the difference eh?

[David Lennick]

I've never seen Dardanella or Whispering on Canadian pressings. Doesn't mean 
they don't exist, and my catalogues aren't here.

dl

On 11/4/2013 10:58 AM, Harold Aherne wrote:
> Did records like the Ben Selvin "Dardanella" and the Paul Whiteman "Whispering" ever have a Berliner Gram-o-phone pressing? The 1919-21 period was perhaps when the 216000 series was at its peak in terms of monthly issues and sales, and various writings on the subject have suggested that Victor was unhappy that so many of its issues were being ignored by Berliner in favour of the latter's own recordings of the same tunes, and that this contributed to Berliner's full absorption by Victor in 1924.
>
> Prior to becoming exclusive to Victor in 1920, Billy Murray and Henry Burr had many sessions in Montreal--I wonder if their contracts with Victor were partly a reaction to them cutting masters for Victor's quasi-sibling/quasi-rival in Canada?
>
> -HA
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 11/4/13, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
>   Subject: Re: [78-L] Canadian, American, like what's the difference eh?
>   To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>   Date: Monday, November 4, 2013, 7:52 AM
>
>   The Canadian operation pressed many
>   of the important recordings but also tried
>   to replace many with their own versions in the 216xxx
>   series. I never saw a US
>   Victor in the flesh till I began serious collecting in the
>   early 60s, other
>   than the odd one someone had brought up on a trip. Columbias
>   were a different
>   story, looked almost identical. Brunswicks said made in
>   Canada but the labels
>   were virtually identical (not forgetting the earliest
>   Vertical ones which were
>   pressed only in Canada).
>
>   dl
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