[78-L] Okeh & Vocalion issues

[Malcolm Rockwell]

This still does not answer my original question. I'll put it another way 
- were the records to be put on the OKeh label picked by preference from 
the Vocalion catalog, or was the whole Vocalion catalog reissued 
consecutively?
Thanks for the July 01, 1940 start date. What was the number of the 
"special record"?
Mal Rockwell

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Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- 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
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