Thanks Tom for the response. I had planned to use Schwann as one of the
sources since it is "relatively" possible to get access to many of the
back
issues. Other ideas that I had in mind were to use The Gramophone
Magazine,
American Record Review, and any others of the like where ads and/or actual
record reviews were published.
Of course, actual company documentation would be greatly beneficial but I
fear getting access to these would be challenging at best.
You bring up a great question, and one that I have only rationalized to
myself because (selfishly, "I want it...") but needs to be brought to
light
and discussed openly: IS knowing an "LP release date important enough to
go
through the exercise of gathering the info" ? Would/could others use the
info?
Thanks,
D. Blake Werts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?
Hi Blake:
I think the Schwann is as close as possible for what you're trying to do,
unless you can acquire old
sales catalogs, which I think would indicate exact release dates. I think
you'd have difficulty
finding those catalogs from back in ye dayes because there has been so
much M&A activity in the
record-company business. I notice CD reissues concentrate on recording
dates -- and sometimes rely
on less-than-reliable discography books. I'm not sure why the LP release
date is important enough to
go through the exercise of gathering the info.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Blake Werts" <bwerts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:37 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dating LPs ?
> The scenario: I've got a "few" Long Plays (LPs) and I would love to be
able
> to ascertain an approximate "release date" for each as I am populating
my
> collection database. The approximations do not need to be of high
> precision--a range of 3 to 4 months would suffice. Barring knowledge
> of
the
> existence of an "Almost Complete 78 RPM Record Dating Guide" for LPs,
I'm
> somewhat at a loss as to how I might be able to find such information.
For
> example, I would like to be able to take the label and catalog number
> of
an
> LP like a favorite of mine, (Mercury MS90488 Rodrigo: Concierto
> Andaluz,
> Concierto de Aranjuez - Romeros), and be presented with the information
I
> seek.
>
> Question 1: does any such general resource exist (in print or
electronic)?
> or currently being created?
>
> Question 2 [and probably the REAL question of this post]: would anyone
else
> be interested in such a resource (other collectors, libraries,
institutions,
> etc.)?
>
> I'm asking these questions because I am considering beginning such a
project
> and would like to hear your thoughts. I know that there are lots of
details
> to work through--first trying to see if there would be a need/use for
such
> effort.
>
> Thanks Much for your Time,
> D. Blake Werts
>
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