[78-L] a "Two-Faced" record!

[David Lennick]

A lot of Black Swans (and equivalent on Olympic and other related labels) had 
really long blank grooves at the end. This is the first I've heard of the WRONG 
related labels being used! (Olympic and Symphony aren't in the Online 
Discography yet, can't cross reference.)

dl

On 3/1/2014 5:10 PM, Ron Roscoe wrote:
> Folks:
> I came across the following 10" black shellac 78:
>
> Blue label side:
> OLYMPIC
> Baritone with Orch.
> "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" [Ben Jonson]
> Percy Hemus
> 17104-A
> Matrix 17104-A
> Olympic Disc Record Corporation, New York.
> [This side has about ¼" of unmodulated groove at the end of the side; recording engineer late getting back from the men's room? :)]
>
> Light green label side:
> Symphony Concert Record
> Baritone with Orch.  Price $1.00
> "Danny Deever" [Kipling-Damrosch] [Walter Damrosch, the conductor?]
> George Landers
> 21155-B
> Matrix 17104-B
>
> Both labels match the songs.  Both are acoustically recorded.
> Was this a common occurrence?  Anyone know anything about these labels?
>
> Ron Roscoe