[78-L] RVCA instead of RCA Victor?

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 19 07:18:20 PDT 2010


Look very close at those pix in the link....between the top of the horn and
one of Nipper's ears in the trademark, there's a very small letter 'o'.
Just below the R in 'Recording'.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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