[78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series

[Han Enderman]

Labels (black) state COIN OPERATORS along rim at 12h (interrupting the double ring), 
and SPECIAL between RCA VICTOR and the hole.

44-0007 Glenn Miller; 15 & 17 Eddy Arnold; 33 Bunny Berigan (...Started); 36 Bill Boyd; 43 Crudup.

Han Enderman
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>>> I've seen a pic of the label of 44-0000, 'Blues in the night' by Dinah Shore.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

>
> 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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