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

[Royal Pemberton]

Victor did that (long run of silent grooves) for a time in the early 1920s
as well....was there ever offered an explanation for this?


On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:24 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> 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
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