[78-L] RVCA instead of RCA Victor?

Bill McClung bmcclung78 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 19 07:11:05 PDT 2010


What indicates an Oakland pressing?

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks like a cool record, Oakland pressing and all too.  I don't know where
> all would be (as in, both Oakland and other pressings).  What you have will
> turn up on records pressed in 1929 and until when label stocks were used up
> some time in 1930 (if not early 1931).   I haven't seen them, but no doubt
> there are pressings of earlier releases that may be found with this label,
> just as later ones turn up.  Oakland 'o' pressings apparently are first
> seen
> on late batwing discs, but the few I've seen or have are from around 1930
> (22246 with the Radio-Victor label and 22597 with the 'RCA Victor Company,
> Inc.' label).
>
> I don't know if there are any 'o' pressings on the later 'RCA
> Manufacturing....' label first used in 1935.
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:30 PM, <78records at cdbpdx.com> wrote:
>
> > I have several Victor/RCA-Victor records and they show many iterations of
> > the Victor and Radio Corporation of America name after the two companies
> > merged.  Here is one I haven't seen before:
> >
> > VICTOR TALKING MACHINE DIVISION
> > Radio-victor Corporation of America
> >
> > You can view at:
> >
> > http://78records.cdbpdx.com/RVCA
> >
> > RCA Victor might have become RVCA..??
> >
> > Where can I go to find all the company name varieties?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > CDB
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