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From: "Doug Henkle" <[log in to unmask]>
> At 10:23 AM 03-01-2010 +0100, you wrote:
>>In a labelography, I would expect another system of arrangement; in a
>>general
>>labelography the logical thing would be by graphical element, and the
>>primary
>>output would then be by label name, subdivided by label variant. And I
>>mean
>>by that as many label, color, font, dimension variants as possible
> Thanks for writing. With no guidelines to follow, I have tried to do
> this in a way that was logical to me. The labels are in alphabetical
> order by record company name. For any record company that had releases in
> more than one disc speed, I put them in chronological order: 78, LP and
> 45. Almost all 78 releases were before any LP's, and many times, but not
> all, 45's were released after the LP on which they appeared. Most two or
> three songs per side 7" EP's I have seen have a small LP sized hole and
> play at 33-1/3, so they are listed with the LP's. Within disc speed, I
> put similar designs close together as they change font, color, and design
> features, even when such positioning puts them out of catalog number
> order. I hope setting these criteria is not illogical to everybody else.
>
The problem here. of course. is that some VERY popular records may have
stayed "in the catalog" long enough to have been issued in two (or more)
label formats...?! I run across this fairly often in my large collection of
Grey Gull-related 78's...!
Steven C. Barr
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