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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 <
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> 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
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >>
> >
>


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