----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Houston" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Some 'interesting' Victor 10 inch 78's?
> Single sides were the early records that most companies made. After all, > why give the customer a double measure for his money? Then, in the early > 1900s, some rat-fik began making records with recordings on both sides. It > wasn't long before the major companies had to go along with the two-sided > thing. Later, many of the old single siders were re-pressed as two siders, > so I understand. Many were also re-recorded in the electrical era on 2 > sides. The blank sides often had labels giving patent and use restrictions, later Victor used the back of it's classical and opera records for a commentary label giving some history and sometimes a translation of foreign lyrics. Victor also pressed an ornamental design into the backside of some issues- very attractive but not especially rare. Victor (and other labels) didn't so much go for different religons as for different ethnic markets. Cantorial records were quite popular- they could attain the popularity of minor opera stars. Columbia did have a special label for Cantor records with an picture of one. They used a color coded label system- Green for ethnic popular records, Orange for ethnic religous records, probably with additional colors & variations. Eric Stott
