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

[David Lennick]

Guess what..that happened in Canada as well. Many 45 masters were dubbed from 
US pressings in the 60s and probably earlier. Some late Canadian 78 issues were 
obviously dubbed from 45s, with wow to prove it.

dl

On 6/24/2014 6:20 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>
> One of the reasons why Scandinavian pressings can be better than UK
> pressings is that the number of copies made from the matrices usually
> was very low.
> On the other hand: in the late 1960's it was revealed that Norwegian EMI
> (or it's predecessor, to be exact - the Norwegian branch of EMI was
> founded in 1969) had dubbed vinyl discs instead of using matrices for
> some of the Norwegian issues of popular 45's...
> Kristjan
>
>
> On 2014-06-24 04:27, David Lennick wrote:
>>
>> Explains why it's quiet, then..it ISN'T an English pressing.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 6/23/2014 8:54 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2014-06-24 00:07, David Lennick wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> On 6/23/2014 4:59 PM, Per Ahlin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Columbia prefixes
>>>>>
>>>>> DD = Danish
>>>>> DS = Swedish
>>>>> DY = Finnish
>>>>> GN = Norwegian
>>>>>
>>>>> So Columbia GN 1167 is Norwegian, not Danish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Per Ahlin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>