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Re: Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?

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Roger and Allison Kulp <[log in to unmask]>

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Hi Steve,
Actually it will be sixty years of the Lp,in less than two years.There is an incredible amount of new non-classical material out there on Lp,and most of it goes straight to eBay.There is no way any one person,or series of books could cover it all.My mind is somewhat of a fog right now,but I can only think of one Silvertone label on Lp,and that's the 90s blues label.The two Sears labels I am aware of are both 78.The early Mercury Lps are from a myriad of sources.I have forgotten what the little labels they got the jazz from were,but the classical are from several sources,among them Supraphon.I can't recall offhand where the German stuff from.Can you jog my memory on this,Tom ?

                                       Roger Kulp

Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: As time and generations pass, a resource identifying first label of issue 
and release dates will be come increasingly necessary.   There is a forty to 
fifty year accumulation of LPs.  Since we are all part of the generation 
for whom they are a daily experience, we assume everyone knows and those 
that follow will always know the lore relating to them.  But 50 years from 
know, who will remember if the Mercury, Golden Import or World Series 
release came first, perhaps had tube processing sound and was pressed on 
quite material?  I'm already running into this with the small mono 
companies.  And where did all those Mercury monos in the brown or green 
covers come from?  Some came from U.S. Silvertones (the Enesco conducting 
sides).  Are the performer names real on them? (not always.)

Now is the time to sum up.

Kurtz Myers "Index to Record Reviews" include his untanglings.  The "Record 
Ratings" short version cover util c. 1956 (though it says later).  The 
latter is around for c. $ 25, the former, 4 volumes at $ 500, the 
supplements $ 100-200 per volume.  Or less, if you're lucky.  It covers 
mostly classical releases.

Steve Smolian




 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?


> Hi Blake:
>
> You might try some university school of music libraries. Some of them 
> might well have kept music-company release catalogs, or perhaps received a 
> donation from a distributor or executive. These will have the information 
> you're seeking. Schwann, as has been pointed out, is also the likely 
> source.
>
> I ask again, why is album release date particularly important? I would 
> think session date/info is enough.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "D. Blake Werts" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?
>
>
>> Thanks Don...
>>
>> Not that I'm defending the response that was provided, I did neglect to 
>> note
>> in my original post that I am specifically speaking in terms of Classical
>> and Operatic recordings.  [And a couple of _years_ of doing "Google
>> searches" hasn't provided links to public sites with the information that 
>> I
>> seek.
>>
>> D. Blake Werts
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Don Tait" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:39 PM
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?
>>
>>
>>>   "Frankly," to use your word, I am equally aghast that you use the 
>>> words
>>> "laziness and stupidity" to characterize this request. It was clearly
>> sincere. If
>>> you had this information to impart, fine. Do so in the spirit of helping
>> an
>>> honest, genuine request for help and give collegial advice and 
>>> assistance
>> to
>>> someone who might not have known about the sources you cite.
>>>
>>>   Don Tait
>>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>>
>>> Frankly,I am aghast at either the laziness,or stupidity of some
>> people.There have been price guides out there for about thirty five
>> years,and now with this here "series of tubes" thingy, the internets,and
>> all,you just need to do a simple Google,and you usually find out fairly
>> soon.Both Sides Now http://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html is fairly accurate
>> for the bigger labels,but not so hot for indies.There are numerous 
>> collector
>> sites for budget classical of the 50s/early 60s,and for 50s/60s/70s
>> rock,from all over the world,that have ridiculously complete 
>> discographical
>> information,that I could never dream of putting together on my own.And 
>> there
>> are new sites coming online all the time,like one I discovered recently 
>> for
>> post-Shadows,pre-Beatles European/Asian guitar bands.Granted there are 
>> still
>> some unknown private-issue Lps,mostly,classical,as well as stuff like 
>> "The
>> Harlem Twisters"(Canadian),I have yet to find anything on,but there is 
>> very
>> little of this.Sheesh
>>>
>>>                              Roger Kulp
>>>
>>> Tom Fine  wrote: Hi Blake:
>>>
>>> I think the Schwann is as close as possible for what you're trying to 
>>> do,
>> unless you can acquire old
>>> sales catalogs, which I think would indicate exact release dates. I 
>>> think
>> you'd have difficulty
>>> finding those catalogs from back in ye dayes because there has been so
>> much M&A activity in the
>>> record-company business. I notice CD reissues concentrate on recording
>> dates -- and sometimes rely
>>> on less-than-reliable discography books. I'm not sure why the LP release
>> date is important enough to
>>> go through the exercise of gathering the info.
>>>
>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "D. Blake Werts"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:37 PM
>>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?
>>>
>>>
>>> > The scenario:  I've got a "few" Long Plays (LPs) and I would love to 
>>> > be
>> able
>>> > to ascertain an approximate "release date" for each as I am populating
>> my
>>> > collection database.  The approximations do not need to be of high
>>> > precision--a range of 3 to 4 months would suffice.  Barring knowledge 
>>> > of
>> the
>>> > existence of an "Almost Complete 78 RPM Record Dating Guide" for LPs,
>> I'm
>>> > somewhat at a loss as to how I might be able to find such information.
>> For
>>> > example, I would like to be able to take the label and catalog number 
>>> > of
>> an
>>> > LP like a favorite of mine, (Mercury MS90488 Rodrigo: Concierto 
>>> > Andaluz,
>>> > Concierto de Aranjuez - Romeros), and be presented with the 
>>> > information
>> I
>>> > seek.
>>> >
>>> > Question 1: does any such general resource exist (in print or
>> electronic)?
>>> > or currently being created?
>>> >
>>> > Question 2 [and probably the REAL question of this post]: would anyone
>> else
>>> > be interested in such a resource (other collectors, libraries,
>> institutions,
>>> > etc.)?
>>> >
>>> > I'm asking these questions because I am considering beginning such a
>> project
>>> > and would like to hear your thoughts.  I know that there are lots of
>> details
>>> > to work through--first trying to see if there would be a need/use for
>> such
>>> > effort.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks Much for your Time,
>>> > D. Blake Werts
>>> >
>>>
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