[78-L] Two interesting Victor/ RCA Victor records I just got

[Royal Pemberton]

420-0149:  1955.  The other record....early autumn 1930.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:00 PM, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Went Whistin' Willie's today and picked up some interesting things.
> Two of the more interesting items, well at least  to me, are RCA
> related. One is the first time ever seen a 78 in the RCA Victor Gold
> Standard Series. Well, I'm assuming that the record matches the
> sleeve at least. Its RCA Victor catalog 420-0149 -- Riffin' at the
> Ritz (mx.F2PB-4263) b/w Sugar Foot Stomp (mx.F2PB-4264) by Benny
> Goodman. The label is black with a full colour Nipper and doesn't say
> Gold Standard, but the record was in a yellow RCA Victor Gold
> Standard sleeve. I'm curious about this series because it seems to be
> an extension to the Collectors Issue series with a different prefix
> (420 vs 42). So -- when is this from. BTW -- it looks unplayed!
>
> The next up is a Victor pressing, no catalog but masters 64230 and
> 64231 of The Yeast Foamers March b/w In the Gloaming by The Yeast
> Foamers Orchestra. Its a white label with all gold print. I
> understand that the Yeast Foamers Orchestra were similar to the other
> company name orchestras of the time. Was this disk a promotional item
> of some sort. There's no indication on the label.
>
> Thanks
>
> T
>
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