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Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:53 pm
by eighteenbelow
Greetings, everyone. I just happened to spot this in a lot of around 2,000 78's I had picked up recently. In decades of collecting, I've never come across a Black Swan before. (I don't really collect records, and wouldn't buy an individual 78 on Ebay or anywhere else -- I only buy them in big lots.) I don't imagine the record is worth anything; I'm just happy to have it. What really impresses me, though, is the jacket -- I'd never even seen a picture of one before, and still can't find any online, so I thought I'd share it with the forum. (The vast majority of the records in the lot have no jackets at all; very, very few seem to have matching jackets.) Has anyone out there ever come across one of these jackets before? How uncommon are the records themselves? Are all Black Swans acoustic? And can anyone tell me which iteration of the label this one is?

Thanks!

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 5:09 pm
by gramophone78
Great find !!. I think I also have a sleeve someplace. Certainly not a commonly found with a record.
I also have seldom seen needle packets.
Black Swan Records (1).JPG

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 8:29 pm
by 78recordpicker
Great find with sleeve, I'e never seen one in the wild, let alone with a sleeve, even the orchestra series. I own a grand total of one Black Swan, and I did buy it on ebay.

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 9:11 pm
by Wolfe
I have two Black Swan discs that I found 'in the wild' but not with sleeves. Florence Cole Talbert was one of the early black opera singers to find international success. Interesting find.

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 10:13 pm
by VanEpsFan1914
The fact that the record was a classical recording is impressive--most people think it was only a jazz and blues label.

Very interesting find! Have you played it yet?

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 9:06 pm
by AmberolaAndy
VanEpsFan1914 wrote:The fact that the record was a classical recording is impressive--most people think it was only a jazz and blues label.
People think the same way with Paramount too.

Re: Black Swan record & jacket

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 10:31 am
by edisonplayer
I have a few Black Swan records.I've never seen a Black Swan record sleeve or needle packets.edisonplayer