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

[Rodger J. Holtin]

So, if I'm reading this right, US Victors and Columbias were not
distributed in Canada.  Now I'm wondering about all the black or blue label
A-series Columbias I have with Canadian prices on them; "75 cents in USA,
85 cents in Canada."  (By 1920 they said "$1.00 in USA and $1.00 in
Canada," and about then the pricing disappears.)  Pricing for records not
even available?  Makes no sense to me.  What am I missing here?

And if Whispering and Dardanella were not distributed on American Victors
in Canada, and likely not even issued on Canadian issues, that means they
were blacked-out or suppressed in Canada.  The hottest sellers of the day
simply not available in Canada?  Really?  Were the ODJB records similarly
snubbed?

Have I missed something?


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:52 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
> On 11/4/2013 7:51 AM, rjh334578gmail wrote:
> > Were American Victors available at all in Canada?
> >
> > Sent from my iPod - which explainz the bad typjng
> >
> > On Nov 3, 2013, at 11:22 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I just happened to catch a tv spot for ANCESTRY.CA, a Canadian site
> >> (supposedly). Shows an old record spinning. An AMERICAN Victor
> >> batwing. Nice
> >> research, morons.
> >>
> >> dl
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