[78-L] Lead-in groove mystery

[David Lennick]

I've had a few Columbia VTs from Odeon sources, -G suffixes, and I'm pretty 
sure some (possibly not all) have been dark purple, almost black. And I've 
certainly seen the same ones with blue labels, which are probably later pressings.

dl

On 8/31/2014 12:19 PM, Dave Burnham wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure they're black but I just went down stairs to check and the set has disappeared. There seems to be a space on the shelf where it used to live and I can't see it anywhere else down there. I'll check next time I'm at the storage unit to see if it's there.
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> db
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Aug 31, 2014, at 10:38 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>  wrote:
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>> DB, are you sure the Schubert Lieder set has black labels, or really dark purple?
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>> dl
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>>> On 8/31/2014 1:43 AM, Dave Burnham wrote:
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>>> That book's a great bargain, but it doesn't answer the question about Columbia records that I would like to know - what is the difference between blue label and black label Viva-Tonals?  You always see pop stuff on black label but you see classical on both black and blue. Most classical album sets are on blue but a few are on black. At least one album I have of Schubert lieder contains both black and blue labels. Was there a difference in price?  I once asked Kurt about why the book shows blue viva-tonal labels but no black and he said there was no point because they're both the same. I'm still waiting for an answer. I have similar questions about British Decca label colours.
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>>> db
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Aug 31, 2014, at 1:19 AM, Michael Biel<mbiel at mbiel.com.invalid>   wrote:
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>>>> From: "jsalerno at earthlink.net"<jsalerno at earthlink.net.invalid>
>>>>> I don't have a book that details the history of Columbia labels.
>>>>> Joe Salerno
>>>>
>>>> What!  You don't have "Note the Naucks", er, "Nauck the Notes", er "Note
>>>> the Notes"??  Kurt sells it for less than ten bucks.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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