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From: Roger Kulp > I take it the American Columbia "Double Disc" records were not the first > ones? > Roger > Oddly enough, not even Columbia's first! Columbia issued a handful of 2-sided records c.1904. The record industry was NOT that quick to sell/promote two-sided records; those doubled their costs, but didn't sell twice as well...! What Columbia's heavy promotion of "Double Discs" DID do was essentially to force Victor (and a handful of "indie" labels, all of whom would be sued out of existence by 1909) into the issuance of two-sided records...! Steven C. Barr