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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Yes. Small firms would buy out old dealer stock on bankrupt labels, or 
labels that had gone out of business, paste their label over and sell 
'em. Non-US labels did the same thing sometimes, but with NEW stock! 
Some large, well-known Australian stores were especially fond of doing this.
Malcolm

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On 3/2/2014 8:10 AM, Ron Roscoe wrote:
> I took another look at the "Symphony Concert Record" label and it does look like another label was lurking underneath it.
> Only can see a gold color, which is what the edge trim is around the blue "Olympic" label on the other side.
>
> But, does anyone know WHY this was done??
>
> Ron R
>
> From: phonolist at yahoogroups.com [mailto:phonolist at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Roscoe
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 5:10 PM
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> Subject: [phonolist] a "Two-Faced" record!
>
>
> 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
>