[78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series

[David Palmquist]

I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks.  As an Ellington 
nut,  I was delighted to see him mentioned today, so I thought I'd pipe up.

First, to introduce myself, I'm David Palmquist and I live in Delta, 
B.C., Canada.  We're a suburb of Vancouver, and the US border is 
about 20 minutes from my doorstep.  I usually sign mailing list 
emails as David in Delta.

Regarding Mood Indigo, RCA Victor 40-0010, I think the label is 
44-0010.  I see a number of people have already answered Geoffrey's 
question.  I was fascinated to learn this one had just the one song 
on both sides.  While I have the label on my website, I don't have 
the record, so I didn't know.

I have images of many Ellington 78RPM labels at : 
http://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/DoojiCollection.htm 
If you select the 1930-1932 page, and scroll down about half way, 
you'll see Mood Indigo 44-0010, with "coin operators" on the top of the label.

Just wish I owned all these records... sigh.

David in Delta


At 08:04 2010-05-14, you wrote:

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>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:59 -0400
>From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>
>Subject: [78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series
>To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
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>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,?  (snip)
>40-0010 Duke Ellington ?Mood Indigo,? (snip) I?ve never seen any of 
>these discs so I don?t know what the  labels say about their purpose.
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