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three columbia sets I overlooked
These three Steinweiss columbia 78 rpm sets were mis-shelved. Beautiful stuff.
MM 733 to MM745 1948 Columbia 12 inch 78 rpm sets
The next three of my MM sets. I am almost done with those, and then its on to the X sets. After that I will probably do the remaining 78 rpm sets – RCA (Stahlhurst, Frank Decker) and Decca and … Continue reading
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Tagged nelson eddy, Ormandy Philadelphia, Stephen Foster, Szell Cleveland
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My remaining mm600s, 1947
It always amazes me how few of these covers I have seen reused on lp covers. Tastes change fast in graphic arts, so mostly covers don’t get used ten years later. They sometimes come back as nostalgia many years after … Continue reading
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Tagged bruno walter, Eugene Ormandy, Helen Traubel, Igor Stravinsky, nelson eddy, Northwest Outpost, rise stevens
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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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Tagged nelson eddy, rise stevens, steinweiss 78 rpm sets, the student prince
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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
10 inch columbia masterworks sets
These are the earliest Columbia Masterworks M400s and M500s 10 inch sets that I have. The numbering does not tell whether a set is 10 inch or 12 inch. I am going to scan all the 10 inch ones first, … Continue reading
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Tagged 78 rpm sets, columbia masterworks, kostelanetz, nelson eddy, Steinweiss
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