[78-L] A strange Brunswick...

[Royal Pemberton]

Not on a commercial issue.  Jukeboxes for discs were in their infancy in 1933.

I do have a 10" Victor record made in 1929 to promote a Pathe picture
called MOTHER'S BOY that starred Morton Downey, and the same recording
and special label is on both sides of the disc.  Here's a link to both
a pic of the label and a dub of the recording itself:
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=266

On 5/28/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> While looking through my "shellac archive" and trying to list my holdings,
> I ran across this...?!
>
> It's a copy of Brunswick 6527...a Duke Ellington disc; HOWEVER,
> this one has the SAME "side" on both physical sides of the record!
> Both sides are "Drop Me Off At Harlem"...B13081A! I haven't
> yet verified this duplication by playing it...but both have the same
> matrix in the "wax," and other visible items are duplicated as well!
>
> Anybody have any idea why/how such a disc was pressed? It seems
> too early for jukebox use?! Also, there is nothing non-standard about
> or on the labels?!
>
> It seems to me to be unlikely to be pressed thusly in error...although
> it could have been some sort of test item...?! Has anyone out there
> in Radio-land run across a similar record of that vintage?!
>
> ...stevenc
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