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24th Aug 2015, 2:01 PM
	Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5096 Points Moderator	Sorry to be like a dog with a bone on this one, but I have a little more information to add to help you make your decision. I've just banged about 20 Shanachie LPs into the system and when you're doing Irish tunes with accents and several tunes to the track it is hard work. It's given me an insight into what actually happened with Shanachie. Its margins were relatively small to begin with and they started printing their sleeves in Canada as a matter of course at a certain stage. If they did large enough volumes and shipping was cheap, it was more economical to have them printed in Canada and sent to New Jersey. Since they only had one office it was difficult for them to cover Canada with distributing their records so they devolved the responsibility in Canada to Boot records, and Boot Records of Canada reciprocated. So, since they were already having ALL of their sleeves printed in Canada and wanted all copies of their records to be distributed in Canada by Boot Records, they had all of their sleeves printed with the information about who to contact IF you lived in Canada and wanted copies of their catalogue. However, just because the sleeve was printed in Canada and/or had Boot Records mentioned, doesn't mean that it is a Canadian issue. ALL records without exception were USA pressed and organised and came from the New Jersey office. Distribution in the UK was with whomever and whenever, although it often went to the biggest folk distributors such as Direct Distribution in London and C.M. Distribution in Yorkshire. A small label such as Shanachie just couldn't cover the whole of the North American continent without using agents and distributors. The further they had to send the records the less profit there was when the record actually sold. But just because Boot records was mentioned on the sleeve, doesn't mean that the record itself wasn't sold in New York. Some sleeves bear their address in New York. I think they moved from N.J. to the Bronx, N.Y. in the Mid 1980s. Because of size of print runs, I have some with no mention of printer and another copy of the same record with later label with sleeve printed in Canada (but still with the U.S. address). 79012 (Planxty Collection) is one such example where this occurs. Edited by fokeman on 25th Aug 2015, 7:33 AM