Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

Post by Neophone »

Folks,

I dug into the vault for some older images I took of some of my more unusual labels:

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For Paul ;)
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We'll fill in the details as we go. ;)

Regards,
John

P.S. I hate having to post thumbnails but the images were too big. :x

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Ah, I notice a disc by the omnipresent Swedish-American evangelist J. A. Hultman.

Looks as if it might be a Columbia product. Does the matrix number give any clue?

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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John,

Very nice. I will have to cut out a number of these as transparencies as soon as possible! ;)

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Fredrik wrote:Ah, I notice a disc by the omnipresent Swedish-American evangelist J. A. Hultman.

Looks as if it might be a Columbia product. Does the matrix number give any clue?

Fredrik
Yup, those Hultmans are Columbias and they turn up a LOT in some areas. He must have been popular! I think he made some records for Victor as well, but the Columbia "Personal" discs of his seem to be the most commonly encountered.

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Fredrik,

As Sean says those are Columbia products. There are loads of these floating around, although this in the only one I've seen with this particular label.

Regards,
John

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Folks,

Here's one of my favorite label designs:

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An English label that was only around for about two years at the end of the twenties. It used masters from Cameo and Grey Gull among others.

Regards,
John

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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The rarest label in my collection is probably a "Bingola" - one of the most elusive products from Grey Gull. I'll try tp get a scan up as soon as poosible.

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Thank You, for the cylinder photo's, John.

paul

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

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Neophone wrote:Folks,

Here's one of my favorite label designs:

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An English label that was only around for about two years at the end of the twenties. It used masters from Cameo and Grey Gull among others.

Regards,
John
Those are absolutely stunning! I especially like the way the "O" is made into a reproducer. I have a couple of Dominions, the labels are great but the sound quality isn´t that good, they sound a bit flat and tinny.

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Re: Unusual, Odd or Rare Labels

Post by Wolfe »

Here's an odd label. I know nothing of this company or it's provenance, this is the only example I own.

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