[78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Several postings have mentioned 78 recordings with the same selection 
on both sides. This is akin to some special issues of DJ theme songs 
and ARC theatre discs. Sometime in the 1940s, RCA Victor created a 
short 44- dash range of pop releases featuring the same tune on both 
sides. Examples include: 44-0001 Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine,” 
44-0003 Artie Shaw “Star Dust,” 44-0004, Bennie Moten “South,” 44-0005 
Tommy Dorsey “Marie.” 44-0006 Benny Goodman “King Porter,” 44-0008 
Tommy Dorsey “Boogie Woogie,” 44-0009 Fats Waller “Your Feets Too Big,” 
40-0010 Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo,” and 44-0011 Wayne King “The Waltz 
You Saved Me.” LoC does not list 44-0002, 44-0007, and nothing after 
44-0011. I’ve never seen any of these discs so I don’t know what the 
labels say about their purpose.