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

[Royal Pemberton]

And 'Weakness' had the same size labels as became the standard in 1930.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:18 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

>
> 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>
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > 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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