Ohhhh Bruce would I love to see that. Your assumptions make perfect sense! That might be as close as most of us will get to seeing an actual Marconi Fonotipia. Thanks in advance! Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce78rpm" <bruce78rpm at comcast.net> >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