[78-L] RCA 40-xxxx Series [was RCA 44- Dash Series]

[David Lennick]

40-4000 is Metronome All-Out//Look Out..Metronome All Stars. 40-4001/2 were in album HJ-8, Esquire's All American Hot Jazz. Victor usually started each series with the zero so there must be 40-0100 and 0101...but wait a minute, the 1948 Victor catalog's price list starts the ten-inch series at 40-0076! Does Ty list these?

 

dl

> From: jcenderman at solcon.nl
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 04:30:41 +0200
> Subject: [78-L] RCA 40-xxxx Series [was RCA 44- Dash Series]
> 
> But AFAIK 40-0010 was never used.
> RCA Vic 40-0102/05 in HJ-1 (Armstrong) are the first issues known to me in the 40- series.
> Did it start with 40-0100 or -01 and what may that be ??
> 
> Last issues seen are 40-0140/43 (Fazola) in HJ-12 (all also on Canadian RCA-Vic),
> HJ-10 (Esquire Jazz 2) is 40-0134 (Ellington!)/37 (4x78 I assume).
> 40-138/9 (Teagarden/Muggsy) have no album nr on the labels.
> 
> HJ-11 is Girls in Jazz (which records??)
> HJ-13 not known to me
> HJ-14 contains 40-4004/... (12" Armstrong; IIRC 3 78s).
> 40-4001/2 are Esq 1946 Award Winners; were these issued together ??
> 
> Han Enderman
> ===
> >>> 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).
> 
> Welcome to the playpen!
> 
> 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:
> > 
> > >------------------------------
> > >
> > >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>
> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed
> > >
> > >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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