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Various people have been working on such a project, but I'm not sure how far they've gotten on the "unglamorous" fringe labels. One of these fellows has a web site, but I can't recall his name. Besides, unless it's new stock, there's no guarantee that the record is in the sleeve in which it was delivered to the retail store. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dating 78 record sleeves > Is there any reference publication of printed 78-rpm record sleeves with > the > dates of when various sleeves were used? The ones that were originally > sold > with the record. > > As part of the digitizing of the Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz > Collection > of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings we are scanning the original > Spanish Language 78 sleeves. Many of the major labels and many Indies > printed their sleeves in Spanish. Columbia, for instance, had several > versions in Spanish and we'd like to know the dates these where used. Is > there a "The Big 78-rpm Record Sleeve Pictography" book? > > Has anyone ever dated 78 record sleeves? (ha!, ha!) Can anyone help? > > _____________________________ > Tom Diamant > Arhoolie Foundation > 10341 San Pablo Ave. > El Cerrito, CA 94530 > USA > > 510-525-7471 > fax: 510-525-1204 > email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.arhoolie.org >