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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [78-l] [Fwd: [ARSCLIST] FW: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before W orld War II?? (fwd)] Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:40:01 GMT From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:34:57 -0500 From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [78-l] [Fwd: [ARSCLIST] FW: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War II?? (fwd)] - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ARSCLIST] FW: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War II?? (fwd) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:16:01 -0600 From: Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] A question one of you discophiles out there could probably answer. I would assume you might reply directly to the individual, I cannot help but wonder if many of us on this list might like to know some answers. Karl From: Music Library Association Mailing List On Behalf Of Gary Boye Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: [MLA-L] Record sales figures from before World War II?? CW: Is there any way to obtain sales figures of 78 rpm. records from the 1920s and 1930s? I have a patron interested in some rather obscure (or at least average) country recordings from various labels from this period and wondered if there is a compilation of the sales of specific records. <snip> = = = = = = = = = = = = In researching some early calypso recordings, I noticed that some of the blue cards in BMG archives have notations on the reverse indicating either number of pressings or sales, I can't recall which. In some cases, the numbers were in the very low hundreds. Without going through the photocopies I have on hand, I can't advise the chronological period when these handwritten entries appear, but I believe they mostly predate the mid-1930s. Art ------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, see http://www.78online.com