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Rare Sticker on Record Label
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Rare Sticker on Record Label
Could someone explain why the Adolf Hitler STR.8 sticker on this Odeon Record label? Picked up some German Records today and some have the sticker and some don't.
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Re: Rare Sticker on Record Label
Translation.... 
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Re: Rare Sticker on Record Label
All jokes aside, it looks like it could be the address of Bartner's music store (house).
STR appears to be short for "Straße" which simply means Street, but I'm not sure whether it reads as no.8 Adolf Hitler Street or Adolf Hitler Street (no) 8.
Neither address comes up on a Google maps search in Erfurt, Germany, but then many streets & towns etc had a change of name after both wars.
There are a bunch of streets in Berlin (pictured below) that includes Street 8, so I guess it is possible that there was a bunch of streets in Erfurt called Adolf Hitler Straße(s), but I think it's more likely 8 Adolf Hitler St.
If you could get your hands on a late 1930's Erfurt/German street directory you could confirm it one way or the other I suppose.
Regardless, it's still a very interesting dealer label, and would no doubt add something to the records collectibility.
STR appears to be short for "Straße" which simply means Street, but I'm not sure whether it reads as no.8 Adolf Hitler Street or Adolf Hitler Street (no) 8.
Neither address comes up on a Google maps search in Erfurt, Germany, but then many streets & towns etc had a change of name after both wars.
There are a bunch of streets in Berlin (pictured below) that includes Street 8, so I guess it is possible that there was a bunch of streets in Erfurt called Adolf Hitler Straße(s), but I think it's more likely 8 Adolf Hitler St.
If you could get your hands on a late 1930's Erfurt/German street directory you could confirm it one way or the other I suppose.
Regardless, it's still a very interesting dealer label, and would no doubt add something to the records collectibility.
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Re: Rare Sticker on Record Label
Thanks for that Bozo label, g-shane. I had Bozo records as a kid, and still remember some of the tunes on them. BTW, and this is carrying the thread off-topic just a bit, the Capitol Records building in Scranton, PA, was to be auctioned off today (March 27). I was up there three weeks ago and there was a big sign advertising the sale; they misspelled Capitol as "capital" on the web address posted on the sign: http://www.capitalrecordsbuilding.com. Opening bid was advertised at $100,000. Don't everybody jump in at once!
On the site, the building's address is 300 Brook St., but it's closer to the corner of Washington and Cherry St., if you go looking for it in Scranton. That's a nice set of pictures there on the site! (The spelling doesn't improve, though.) You can just barely make out "Capitol Records Inc." in faded paint on the side of the building in the third picture in the Photo Gallery. And be sure to click on the Virtual Tour button on the left side of the page for more photos, and note that nice big blue-and-white Capitol Records sign in image 12!
On the site, the building's address is 300 Brook St., but it's closer to the corner of Washington and Cherry St., if you go looking for it in Scranton. That's a nice set of pictures there on the site! (The spelling doesn't improve, though.) You can just barely make out "Capitol Records Inc." in faded paint on the side of the building in the third picture in the Photo Gallery. And be sure to click on the Virtual Tour button on the left side of the page for more photos, and note that nice big blue-and-white Capitol Records sign in image 12!