[78-L] Egad..a quiet English 78 pressing!

[David Lennick]

Explains why it's quiet, then..it ISN'T an English pressing.

dl

On 6/23/2014 8:54 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
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> The Norwegian Columbia GN 1167 was issued in 1950. At the time Columbia
> was distributed in Norway by Iversen&  Frogh A/S who also handled Odeon
> and Parlophone. These labels had their own pressing plant in Olso.
> Kristjan
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> On 2014-06-24 00:07, David Lennick wrote:
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>> Thanks for this info. The disc's owner had it tagged as Co(Den) and nothing on
>> the label provided the correct country, since it still said Columbia
>> Graphophone Company. Definitely appears to be a 40s EMI pressing unless Norway
>> did its own pressings.
>>
>> dl
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>> On 6/23/2014 4:59 PM, Per Ahlin wrote:
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>>> Columbia prefixes
>>>
>>> DD = Danish
>>> DS = Swedish
>>> DY = Finnish
>>> GN = Norwegian
>>>
>>> So Columbia GN 1167 is Norwegian, not Danish.
>>>
>>> Per Ahlin
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>>>>
>>>> Will wonders never cease. Even though it was pressed in England, it's
>>>> Danish Columbia GN 1167, The Golden Gate Quartet. Late 40s, VG+
>>>> condition, some rubs, but quiet surfaces! Again, presumably getting
>>>> the record away from the English climate is the reason.....?
>>>>
>>>> dl
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