Replicating Roll Labels
By Paul Johnson
What Ampico roll number ranges are you looking for Dean? Perhaps I can help.
In the recuts I sell, I try to faithfully reproduce the original roll labels. It is interesting (and can be time-consuming) to figure out the style of typefaces used and the different versions each company released. I've been able to do pretty well with the selection of fonts that I have, but often I find that I get close and not exact (close, but no banana!). If you're comparing them side by side with an original, you could detect the variation with some inspection, but standing on their own, you probably wouldn't notice the slight differences.
In my roll auction business I see a number of different and odd labels. Some of the art work on them is wonderful. It's also interesting to see how the roll company's changed their label designs through the years.
I thought I'd seen them all until a fellow recently sent me his list of different roll labels that he's been cataloging over the years. I was amazed at all the labels and variations I'd never heard of. It's certainly a subject that's worth an article in AMICA Bulletin. There was a whole book of color photographs just of 78-rpm record labels put out a number of years ago and it was a delight to browse.
Paul Johnson
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