[78-L] Okeh & Vocalion issues

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> Okay, I understand that in 1940 Okeh and Vocalion were merged (it's a 
> lot more complicated than that - I'm simplifying). What consecutive 
> issue numbers were used on both labels, if any? And, to be more specific 
> than just "1940", what was the timeframe of the issues?
> 
July 1, 1940...I have a copy of a "special record" announcing that the
Vocalion label was becoming the Okeh label, but catalog numbers
wouldn't change. Since most of the "continued" records were either c&w
or "race," they bore the zero prefix used for such issues. By my DG,
numbers were around 5600 at that point!

Steven C. Barr