[78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series

[David Lennick]

Don't they say "coin operators" or something like that? That was definitely their purpose.

dl
 
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: dialjazz at verizon.net
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:59 -0400
> Subject: [78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series
> 
> 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.
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