[78-L] Odd Capitol 78

[David Lennick]

I've seen Deccas like this, with the commercial label (a different one) on each 
side, but never a Capitol mule. Is it vinyl or superflex by any chance? Don't 
bend it to find out, but Capitol promos were made on the most wonderful vinyl 
except for a couple of years when they did them on Superflex (noisier than good 
shellac). Then they went to yellow or white label vinyl pressings around 1950.

I've also seen Victor promos where the plug sides of two different discs were 
pressed back to back, but these always had DJ catalog numbers (and the issue 
numbers in parentheses). This kind of thing plagued music librarians if they 
liked to file records by artist.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> While finishing the long-overdue sorting of my vocal 78s,  I found something 
> which strikes me as a real oddball...but I don't really know much about late 
> 40s 78s so maybe it's not so strange after all,  but...
> 
> It's a sort of plastic pressing thing:  Margaret Whiting doing "Please Don't 
> Kiss Me" on a purple label,  #15058.
> 
> OK,  so far so good....but the other side is a BLACK label of Clark Dennis 
> singing "I'll Never Say I love" you and it says #485!
> 
> Was this some kind of hybrid thing for radio stations by any chance?  Both 
> the songs are from movies issued in 1948.
> 
> I can see maybe mixing it up with an old black and a new purple  label,  but 
> the different catalog numbers seems really  weird.
> 
> Any info about this or other such Capitol issues would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> Taylor B
>