[78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series

[David Lennick]

Probably a misprint from one of the previous posters..40- is the Hot Jazz series (dark green and later black in US, purple in Canada).

 

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dl (another Ellington nut..I produced the Hamilton Concert CD)
 
> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:43:36 -0700
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: davidpalmquist at dccnet.com
> Subject: [78-L] RCA 44- Dash Series
> 
> 
> 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
> >Message-ID: <dff63b0b18359b533c21479b88aa5394 at verizon.net>
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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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