[78-L] Japanese Blue Columbia

[Michael Biel]

It says right on the label that it was "Made and Pat'd in the USA".  The
company address is New York.  The only thing out of the ordinary is that
the label also says "Printed In Japan".  I bet they meant to say
"Recorded in Japan".  It is numbered in the -F series.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] Japanese Blue Columbia
From: Joe Salerno <jsalerno at collector.org.invalid>
Date: Mon, September 29, 2014 12:28 pm
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>


perhaps it was pressed in the US for the Japanese market in the US?

Joe Salerno

On 9/28/2014 11:54 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>
> Just spotted a Japanese blue label, blue wax Columbia on Ebay.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Columbia-Blue-Wax-for-the-JAPANESE-Market-a-Nipponophone-Recording-/281431935832?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4186a68b58
>
> The master is from (Japanese) Nipponophone, and the label was printed in
> Japan, as per what's on the labels. NOW, was the record pressed in the
> US, or in Japan? My educated guess says probably pressed in Los Angeles
> or possibly Oakland. But it's also possible that Japan got the formula
> for the blue shellac (?) from Columbia and was licensed to press them there.
> Makes more sense than all the back and forth it would take to do the
> pressing and assembly in California.
> But one never knows, do one?
> Malcolm
>
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