[78-L] Melodisc (Hollywood) discography

[David Lennick]

Why do so many Los Angeles records look as if they were pressed 20 years earlier?

dl

On 2/28/2014 12:11 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Here is almost all you want to know:
> http://opalnations.com/files/Melodisc_Records_of_Hollywood_1945-1946_Acrobat_ADDCD_3066_2010.pdf
>
> and look at his other files for related music.
> Acrobat can also be obtained from the UK, not too expensive.
>
> It seems that these 2 CDs cover the whole range of the label, 101-114&  1001-1017.
> If you have a scan of the Billboard page, can you mail it to me ?
> I have ebay label shots of ca. 80% of the records, exactly in the ranges given.
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>> On 2/27/2014 2:27 PM, Koen Kamphuijs&  Gusta Harderwijk wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've been searching all over the web for a numerical listing
>> (discography) of the Hollywood-based Melodisc that was in operation
>> from 1945-'46.  I found the numbers 101-114 on a Billboard magazine
>> page.  Anyone can help me with that?  I was so silly to buy the album
>> Melodisc Records of Hollywood 1945-46 as soundfiles not realizing
>> that they don't come with liner notes that way (duh)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Koenraad G Kamphuijs
>>
>>
> If you are referring to the CD that came out in 2010, the Amazon site
> has the disc for sale and you can find there the numbers and years of
> the performances, but of course, only those on the disk.