[78-L] Victor 24351 with 2 3/4" label (Oakland pressing):normal?

[David Lennick]

I have never been able to figure why Victor sometimes used a small label, except when the side was unusually long..as with Helen Kane's "That's My Weakness Now" or Stokowski's 1934 "Toccata and Fugue" which ran into the label space. Red Seals, black label, Bluebird, Electradisk, ten inch, twelve inch, Canadian pressings as well, not confined to Oakland. I have a Fiskana with small labels. In all cases, the cutting ended with enough room for a normal size label. Canada used them well into the late 30s. Sometimes I find a small label on one size and a larger label on the reverse. 

dl
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:02:36 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Victor 24351 with 2 3/4" label (Oakland pressing):normal?
> 
> Hi Royal,
> 
> If memory serves, they used this teeny-weeny label starting some time in 
> the 24100 series...why I don't know. As I reviewed the list, I noticed a 
> number of Olsen, Jones, Reisman, Haymes, etc. which I have with the same 
> mini-labels. I'd be curious to hear if anyone has any explanation for it.
> 
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Victor 24351 with 2 3/4" label (Oakland 
> pressing):normal?
> 
> 
> > So this smaller size is on a lot of 24XXX numbers? I wonder why they went
> > to such a small size?
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Mine is the same size (It's an Armstrong for those of you who don't file 
> >> by
> >> number!) and it looks to be the same label size as many other Victors of
> >> that series, including several Isham Jones, etc.
> >>
> >> Taylor
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:38 PM
> >> Subject: [78-L] Victor 24351 with 2 3/4" label (Oakland pressing): 
> >> normal?
> >>
> >>
> >> >I found this record today at the local Salvation Army, and noticed the
> >> >label
> >> > being smaller than usual. The sides are not unusually long, nor do the
> >> > eccentric stop grooves appear to run a smaller diameter than on
> >> > contemporaneous Victors. Is this smaller label the norm for all
> >> pressings
> >> > of this record, or just the Oakland? Are there any other Victors of 
> >> > the
> >> > era
> >> > with this same smaller size label?
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