Big Band - Small Band

Is there a doctor in the house?

  "Careless" indeed!!

  Several records in this "Birth of the blues" album (Victor P-82) have spotting on them. Can anyone please diagnose what this is? It's in the grooves and everywhere. What is the solution to removing it?

"Careless love" (Victor 27545-A) and "Memphis blues" (Victor 27542-B) spotted with something
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# posted by Fred Freud @ 1:16 p.m. 1 comments

Ward Allen: old-time fiddler

HERE'S another bit of Canadiana, as supplied by Bud.
  I'm confused by what appears to be too many numbers on these Sparton disc labels, and I'm looking for help with interpreting them.
   261R must be the catalogue number.
   4-69-E & 4-70-E must be the matrix numbers.
   But what is 4-56? Could it possibly refer to an album?

Ward Allen: Sparton 261R
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   Also, I'm amused by the injunction against playing this disc on the radio, paired with the inclusion of the BMI reference for royalties, should it be played on the radio.
And isn't the time length provided on the label as a service to DJs? Did anyone else really need to know how long a song runs for?