A few years ago I acquired a 12" Fonotipia Record: 74000(A4737) La Boheme Che Gelia manina by Alessandro Bonci recorded in Milan, backed by 74006 (A3316) Faust Salve dimora also recorded in Milan by Bonci. The strange thing about the label is that in the two spaces that would ordinarily refer to Tenor Solo (to the left of the spindle hole) and In Italian(to the right of the Spindle Hole) are clearly printed the words "MARCONI" and VELVET TONE on both sides of the record. There was an unsuccessful attempt to rub these words out, but they are still clearly visible. I would assume now since I read your comments about some fonotipia masters used for Velvetone recordings that when the Velvetone records failed, these Phonotypic-MARCONI-VELVET TONE labels were used instead on regular shellac Phonotypic 12" records. If anyone would like to see the scan of one these sides I would be happy to supply it for your research. Best Regards, Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <steve_noreen at msn.com> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Marconi Velvet Tone discs in?> > (By the way, there are apparently a scarce few Fonotipia masters on Marconi > out there. Fonotipias are near the top of my list for sonic pleasure from > acoustic recordings; I bet those on Marconi must've sounded unbelievable > when still fresh.)> > > Thanks in advance for any further information,> Robert > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org_______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org