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Monthly Archives: January 2011
steinweiss 12 inch 78 rpm sets
Below I worked c55 and c96 in among the c (popular) 10 inch sets, even though they are 12 inch. The numbering system that Columbia used does not differentiate by size. Now I am going through all my 12 inch … Continue reading
south pacific by Curt John Witt on plymouth merit
Besides the original cast recording on Columbia and the movie soundtrack on RCA, many other companies – mostly bargain labels – put out versions of South Pacific. I don’t collect them, but I do collect the covers of Curt John … Continue reading
a 78 rpm columbia single, and its 45 rpm version
Many singles had individually designed covers – both on 78 rpm and on 45 rpm. This is the only 78 rpm single Columbia cover I own. I also, remarkably, have the 45 cover. The front and back covers are not … Continue reading
south pacific not in my collection
Here are a variety of covers of the same music. These are not in my collection, but are images from web-searches. D244 is another issue of the 78 rpm set. I can’t account for this – no American Columbia 78 … Continue reading
South Pacific
In 1949 Columbia brought out the soundtrack to the Broadway show South Pacific on the three formats available then: 78 rpm set, 45 rpm set, and lp. This is my personal collection of the covers of these. Next post I … Continue reading
columbia x series 10 inch 78 rpm sets
all the columbia 10 inch x series sets I have. x series seems to be for soundtracks and other movie tie-ins. Two copies of X260, one with black cloth and one with red. good designs, probably 1945 or 1946?
first appearance of steinweiss scrawl, revisited
Looking at the covers, below, I see that a font a lot like Steinweiss scrawl appears on m595, rise stevens love songs. I still think that m670 is more important. Look at the covers m670 to mm694. In each case, … Continue reading
Two covers for the same recording
One of my favorite things in record cover collecting is finding two different covers to the same recording. Here are two Steinweiss covers, both for the same music. I have two theories about these. This was 1948, when lps had … Continue reading
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first appearance of steinweiss scrawl
Steinweiss’ golden period, and the golden period of record covers in general, is the period just after World War II, roughly 1946 to 1950. Steinweiss could draw, could lay out a page, could oversee a photograph. In addition to all … Continue reading
the first mm 10 inch set
I skipped mm559 and m610 in the last post, I am not sure why. I don’t understand why Columbia started numbering the sets mm instead of m. they fit in with the m series, and the 10 inch and 12 … Continue reading
Collecting Record Covers 