Record [Shellac]
Maker and role
Zodiac Records Limited, Manufacturer
Stebbing Recording Studios Limited, Manufacturer
Production date
1951
Object detail
Accession number
2019.12
Production period
Description
Zodiac record
Part 1. Record: Black record with blue coloured circular label in the centre on both sides. Both sides have "Zodiac" record label in the centre and in the centre of the "Zodiac" label presents square stamps, parts of the stamps are missing. On the circumference prints "UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING & COPYING PROHIBITED / AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND / MANUFACTURED BY STEBBING RECORDING AND SOUND CO. LTD. ''. All font on the label is in silver. Side 1: Below the "Zodiac" label on the left side has "Z 104 (a)". On the right side has "Speed 78 / IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD / (Little, Oppenheim & Schuster) / AILEEN KEYES, DELL HARRIS / with the SYNCROTONES". Side 2: Below "Zodiac" on the left has "Z 104 (b) and on the right has "Speed 78" / HOLD ME / Peter de Rose, Carl Sigman / AILEEN KEYES / DELL HARRIS / with the SYNCROTONES.
Part 2: Record Sleeve: Cream coloured paper sleeve that covers the record. Both sides presents "ZODIAC RECORDING" In the centre of the sleeve is a hole that exposes the record label. Around the hole presents the twelve zodiac signs. On the right has "HANLEN'S Gis. PIANO REPAIRNG CO. / For All Things Musical / 254 Gladstone Road, Gisborne. Phone [...]". On the bottom left of the sleeve has "RELEASED BY / STEBBING / C.P.O. BOX 3160 / AUCKLAND". On the right side has "DISTRIBUTED BY N. WRIGHT & CO. / RECORDING / AUCKLAND. The colour of the font and the zodiac signs is in green.
Part 1. Record: Black record with blue coloured circular label in the centre on both sides. Both sides have "Zodiac" record label in the centre and in the centre of the "Zodiac" label presents square stamps, parts of the stamps are missing. On the circumference prints "UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING & COPYING PROHIBITED / AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND / MANUFACTURED BY STEBBING RECORDING AND SOUND CO. LTD. ''. All font on the label is in silver. Side 1: Below the "Zodiac" label on the left side has "Z 104 (a)". On the right side has "Speed 78 / IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD / (Little, Oppenheim & Schuster) / AILEEN KEYES, DELL HARRIS / with the SYNCROTONES". Side 2: Below "Zodiac" on the left has "Z 104 (b) and on the right has "Speed 78" / HOLD ME / Peter de Rose, Carl Sigman / AILEEN KEYES / DELL HARRIS / with the SYNCROTONES.
Part 2: Record Sleeve: Cream coloured paper sleeve that covers the record. Both sides presents "ZODIAC RECORDING" In the centre of the sleeve is a hole that exposes the record label. Around the hole presents the twelve zodiac signs. On the right has "HANLEN'S Gis. PIANO REPAIRNG CO. / For All Things Musical / 254 Gladstone Road, Gisborne. Phone [...]". On the bottom left of the sleeve has "RELEASED BY / STEBBING / C.P.O. BOX 3160 / AUCKLAND". On the right side has "DISTRIBUTED BY N. WRIGHT & CO. / RECORDING / AUCKLAND. The colour of the font and the zodiac signs is in green.
Marks
UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING & COPYING PROHIBITED. / AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, MANUFACTURED BY STEBBING RECORDING AND SOUND CO. LTD. / ZODIAC / Z 104 (a), SPEED 78 / IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD / (Little, Oppenheim & Schuster) / AILEEN KEYES, DELL HARRIS / with the SYNCROTONES Printed
"ZODIAC RECORDING". "HANLEN'S Gis. PIANO REPAIRING CO. / For All Things Musical / 254 Gladstone Road, Gisborne. Phone […]". "RELEASED BY / STEBBING / RECORDING / AUCKLAND". "DISTRIBUTED BY / N. WRIGHT & CO. / C.P.O BOX 3160 / AUCKLAND" Printed
"ZODIAC RECORDING". "HANLEN'S Gis. PIANO REPAIRING CO. / For All Things Musical / 254 Gladstone Road, Gisborne. Phone […]". "RELEASED BY / STEBBING / RECORDING / AUCKLAND". "DISTRIBUTED BY / N. WRIGHT & CO. / C.P.O BOX 3160 / AUCKLAND" Printed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Zodiac Records Limited et al. 1951. Record [Shellac], 2019.12. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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