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Artist: Columbia Orchestra Label:   Columbia Country: USA Catalogue: A2855 Date: Mar 1920 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Columbia Orchestra	A Cat-Astrophe	Daniel, Kopp	Rate
B	Columbia Band	Slim Trombone	Filmore	Rate

Notes

Descriptive

A & B: Charles A. Prince, Director

A side (mx. 78264, take 2) recorded New York, NY, January 23, 1919.
B side (mx. 78285, take 3) recorded New York, NY, February 1, 1919 (DAHR).

Label printing date code: AW (= January 1920)

The Talking Machine World, March 15, 1920, page 239: Advance Record Bulletins for April, 1920 (i.e., released in late March 1920)

Images

Number: 1149335  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: Lovinda Description: Columbia A2855 A Side Label

Number: 1149336  Uploaded By: Lovinda Description: Columbia A2855 B Side Label

Number: 1060594  Uploaded By: xiphophilos ● Description: Columbia A2855 A side label (large pressing ring with $1 price sticker)

Number: 1060595  Uploaded By: xiphophilos ● Description: Columbia A2855 B side label (large pressing ring, with $1 price sticker ripped off)

Comments and Reviews

xiphophilos ● 22nd Sep 2023		W.B.lbl has now commented to me that both variants are Bridgeport pressings, but the copy with the really deep groove would be a later pressing. He also says that the labels would have been 3.875" in diameter originally, but shrinkage occurred while pressing. Since both variants bear AW labels, that would mean that the deep grove was introduced in late January 1920.
xiphophilos ● 16th Sep 2023		This 1920 Columbia release from 1920 comes in two versions, with and without large pressing ring. The pressing ring is 2mm = 0.0787402 inches wide and has an inner diameter of 7.5cm = 2.95276 inches and outer diameter of 7.9cm = 3.11024 inches. The label itself has a diameter of 9.8cm = 3.85827 inches. Please don't ask me how many 16th of an inch any of that is. ;-) Anyway, I wonder if this is a sign of different pressing plants and if they can be identified. The fonts, now that I look at the variants again, don't actually seem to be different.
xiphophilos ● 9th Mar 2019		A side: Daniel and Kopp were fellow percussionists William Francis Daniel (born 1868 in England) and Howard C. Kopp.
slholzer 16th Jul 2017		"Slim Trombone' was one of a suite of trombone pieces wrritten by Filmore. Each part of the suite was supposed to represent a different "character". Probably the most well-known part of the suite is the one known as "Lassus Trombone".
Lovinda 14th Sep 2016		Also good to move them up if mine are slightly older. Following numbers are stamped on labels: Side A: '109' and '2', also 'CA. S' / Side B:'139' and '3', also 'D-BA'.
xiphophilos ● 11th Sep 2016		Actually, the fonts on both of your sides are different from the ones on mine although they seem to be of a similar design and time period otherwise. My labels could be slightly later than yours because they had updated price stickers attached at some point that an earlier owner then ripped off. Yours also have the take and stamper numbers embossed under the label. If you can read them, we could add this info above. Since the gold on your labels is less faded, I moved yours to the front.
Lovinda 11th Sep 2016		With respect to xiphophilos, added better quality label images. Side A is slightly different I think (hard to read)...

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