Columbia used a green label for its foreign series until the forties. After purchase by CBS, Masterworks series labels remained blue and popular discs were red. DDR On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 8:02 AM Railroads On Parade < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > If I didn't buy 78s I'd probably never hear these outstanding sets > discovering Wolff's lied. There is a Columbia "X" sets blog which I've > visited. One detail, the Wolff mx-168 set of early German songs I > bought are green label. > > On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 at 07:00, Railroads On Parade < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Very kind of you Mickey. It was a silly series of misinterpretations > > that confused me into thinking the composer himself was performing. I'm > > always happy to get information not in the WERM. > > GW > > > > On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 at 01:32, Mickey Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> mx 18956 Columbia was recorded in April 1936-Mickey > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Railroads On Parade > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:07 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] Erich J. Wolff Lieder > Album > >> of > >> 18 Songs Columbia Set # 268 > >> > >> Of course. Thank you. > >> > >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 16:57, Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Wolff's Schubert album was recorded and released c1938 by U. S. > >> Columbia. > >> > The singer should not be confused with harpsichordist Ernst Victor > >> Wolff, > >> > who recorded around the same time for various U. S. independent > labels. > >> > > >> > DDR > >> > > >> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:37 PM Gary A. Galo < > >> > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > No way they're electric if he died in 1913. What is the contents, > and > >> > what > >> > > label are they on? > >> > > > >> > > Best, > >> > > Gary > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List < > >> > > [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Railroads On Parade > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 4:16 PM > >> > > To: [log in to unmask] > >> > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] Erich J. Wolff Lieder Album of 18 > Songs > >> > > Columbia Set # 268 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Dear friends, > >> > > > >> > > Recently I've acquired 2 volumes of 78 rpm discs of Erich J. Wolff > >> > singing > >> > > and accompanying himself on piano. Wolff died March 20th 1913. How > >> is > >> > it > >> > > the recordings are the way they are? I mean, they are as good as > >> > > contemporary mid century ones. Wouldn't they be acoustic? They > >> appear > >> > to > >> > > sound electric. > >> > > > >> > > Yours, > >> > > > >> > > Guy Walker > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 1006 Langer Way > >> > Delray Beach, FL 33483 > >> > 561.265.2976 > >> > > >> > > > -- 1006 Langer Way Delray Beach, FL 33483 561.265.2976