Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW, the Artie Shaw recording is a dark Burgundy label, with the HMV picture in a dark sepia. Leonard J Kapner wrote: > As far as I can remember, the British Victor HMV recordings were distributed > by the RCA, but were a different color label than the domestic product. I'm > thinking of the old 78 rpm acetate platters and the early 33 rpm vinyl > pressings. I don't know what happened once the Victor HMV was sold, about > the time the M Series Leica came on the market. Hah! Back on topic... A neat move, worthy of a Mornington Crescent player; but I think that HMV existed as a label into the sixties, so the two co-existed for about a decade. Peter > > Len >