Last weekend I received two boxes of original A and G rolls with the
idea that some or all could be recut.  The first roll out of the box
had a Lind label.  A quick check of the Bowers' Encyclopedia "bible"
revealed a single sentence which stated that Lind placed their labels
on Clark rolls.  Well and good, however, this Lind roll never saw the
Clark factory in DeKalb, Illinois.  It is a Columbia/Capitol roll and
not a Clark product.

A quick check of the sustain perforation in the roll revealed a slot
with no chaining, something that Columbia/Capitol did.  Clark chained
their sustain perforation, at least in all the Clark rolls I have seen.
The numerals stamped between the selections were more consistent with
the type face that Columbia/Capitol used.

To add more interest to this mystery, the second roll out of the box
was a Columbia "Blues" roll and, lo and behold, tune number seven on
the Columbia roll was the same as tune number seven on the Lind label,
with one small difference.  On the Columbia roll, the title is listed
as "Lonesome Moma Blues" and on the Lind roll it is "Lonesome Moma"
with the designation 'Fox Trot' after the title.  Could they be the
same arrangement?  Yep, they are, punch for punch.

So we have at least one Lind roll, number 511 by the way, that was
perforated by Columbia/Capitol.  If they simply put their labels on
Columbia/Capitol rolls, is there a Capitol roll out there somewhere
with the same tune line up?

I will send scans of the Lind and Columbia labels to the MMD for
posting in whichever section they belong.  In the meantime, the Lind
roll has been re-cut.  It does have that "Capitol sound".

Ed Gaida
Not quite settled 18 blocks north of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

 [ Thanks, Ed.  I'll place the data at the MMD Media site:
 [   http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/index.html  and
 [   http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/brands.html
 [ -- Robbie