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LP LIST / AUDIO & MUSIC BULLETIN /  THE REMINGTON SITE  / 7" RECORD GALLERY / BACK

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S and C A T A L O G S

Advertisement in the Schwann Long Playing Record Catalog
from January 1952. Prices had already gone up from
$1.99 for a 12" record to $2.19. But the new basic design by
Alex Steinweiss was not yet implemented.

Advertisement in Schwann catalogs from 1952 for Plymnouth and Masterseal.
The address for Masterseal is already 551 Fifth Avenue while
the office address for the Plymouth label is still 263 W. 54th Street.

This double page advertisement is from the Schwann edition of December 1952.
A similarly styled advertisement had already been inserted in the July 1952 edition of Schwann,
announcing and showing records in the new covers. In December a 12 inch disc was now $ 2.49.

Written by Steinweiss in his scrawl:
A complete alphabetical listing by composer
1953 . 10c.

Advertisement in the Schwann Long Playing Record Catalog
from September 1953, announcing the new Musirama recordings
with 3 Dimensional Sound which were planned to be made in Berlin as well as the US.

Releases on the Plymouth label were never listed in the Schwann LP Record Catalogs.
To boost the sale of the Plymouth releases, a two page advertisement was
inserted in the Schwann of May 1954 with a Special Introductory Offer.

Dutch catalog published in 1954 by 'Les éditions Internationales Basart N.V.',
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The highest reference number is R-199-155 of a Christmas album.
The recordings with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra were on their way but not yet listed.
Prices were DFL 16.90 for records in the R-199 Series,
DFL 11.50 for titles in the R-149 Series
DFL 8.90 for the records in the 1000 Series
and DFL 5.75 for the 7" Extended Play 45 RPM records.

Advertisement in Dutch monthly record magazine "Luister..." from March, 1955.
Because of the Musirama editions the Remington label was receiving recognition.
The new MUSIRAMA releases were priced at DFL 16.90 but
the price was soon lowered to DFL 14.90 and later to DFL 12.90.

Advertisement in the June 1955 Schwann Long Playing Record Catalog,

Advertisement from 1956,
stating that there was a Remington Holland Co.
(Advertisement in "Discopaedie", a guide of recorded music,
compiled by Dutch music critic Ralph N. Degens.)

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