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A while back there was a discussion on the Columbia first Flag electric. #378D?
Anyone have that information?

Thanks,

JAR

328D is the first electrically recorded Columbia to be released. https://youtu.be/ki2aUvThKuk

Vid shows a Viva-Tonal label but it probably began life as a Flag. Flags in their relatively short usage pre-date black or black Viva-Tonal labels.

OK, but there was something else about the Columbia flag #378D .

JAR

Well, using the Forum's handy search feature reveals THIS scintillating nugget :

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... 78#p143331

378D, the switcheroo from Flag

That's it.
Thanks,

Jerry

Thanks to Wolfe for the link!

#326 D was the lowest-numbered electrically recorded Flag label record, also an Art Gillham record. My copy doesn't have the W, but it is electric.

I've yet to come across a copy of 378-D. Since it included a matrix from January 1925, my guess is that, like 377-D, it is acoustic.

https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... mbia_378-D

326D is indeed electric : https://youtu.be/61cQB69M9ko