[78-L] RCA Collector's Item Record No. 1

[Don Chichester]

I ordered one or two of these Halo discs at the time.  For a coupon from a magazine and a small charge (50c?) I got one 45 and one 78.  Still have them  (somewhere).
Don
 
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:42:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA Collector's Item Record No. 1
> 
> 
> 1953. E0= 1950 (and D3-D9 are 1943-49), but the system changes in 1955..F = 1955, G=1956, onward through the 50s and 60s and skipping the letters I, O and Q (and there's the possibility that they still used E5 for January and February of 1955, according to an old note I have on file).
> 
> dl
> 
> > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:32:58 +0000
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > From: agp2176 at verizon.net
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA Collector's Item Record No. 1
> > 
> > At 16:21 14/08/2010, dl wrote:
> > 
> > >I haven't seen that one but I've seen some others, mostly on 45s 
> > >with a "collectors item" sleeve.
> > 
> > I wonder if the option was that you could order it/ them as 45s or 
> > 78s. When I first saw it on oBoo, I double checked to make sure that 
> > it was 78 rpm, given the fact that many oBoo-ers love to list any 
> > record as 78 no matter what the label says (especially when coupled 
> > with the words 'vintage', 'antique', and 'collector').
> > 
> > BTW -- what year was it put out? I'm horrid at decode RCA matrix numbers
> > 
> > T
> > 
> > 
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