[78-L] Okeh & Vocalion issues

[David Lennick]

Kinkle just says "around 5600" for the split. And the highest number he lists 
is 6747.

dl

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
>> 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"?
>>
> 1) Presumably.the whole then-extant Vocalion catalog was reissued on
> Okeh as they needed additional copies to supply dealers (but unless
> someone out there has the applicable monthly supplements, we shall
> never know for sure...?!)
> 
> 2) The "special record" has no catalog number;it's simply titled
> someting like "An inportant announcement!"
> 
> 3) Someone else said the "split" came between 5621 and 5622.
> 
> Steven C. Barr
>