[78-L] Flagstad white label discs [FWD]

[Dan Van Landingham]

I once owned an RCA late forties pressing of "Sobbin' Blues" by Bunny Berigan 
and the label read "by
special request" on one side of the label.In the movie "Swing Kids" I remember 
seeing a circa 1953 RCA
78 of "King Porter Stomp" by Benny Goodman.The movie took place in 1939 
Germany.Where was the
German issue which brings to mind a question:did RCA use the Victor name in 
Germany?I know they 

did in Japan as I have a couple of pink and grey Victors I acquired from a 
friend several years ago.The
circa 1950-53 RCA Victors had the flat black label with silver lettering as I 
understand it.I believe that
to be the case for 1954 as RCA went to the gloss black look with the logo in 
colour and silver print.It
was that way into the early sixties then the words "RCA Victor" were in large 
white lettering.The 1968
45s had the logo on one side of the label and "RCA VICTOR" on the other.There 
was a hit record back
in 1968 called "Baby,Come Back" by an Austrailian group called "The Equals".I 
had the record at one
time.




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 6:08:53 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Flagstad white label discs [FWD]

On 10/11/2010 4:50 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
> Mike Harkin wrote:
>> Are they special order pressings?  I*ve heard that one could order any 78
>> record from EMI and  if they still had shells, they'd press one up for you 
>>special.  For many moneys, of course!
>>
>> Or is this just another urban legend?
>>
>> Mike in Plovdiv
> =========
> The standard price was five quid. I doubt if too many people took up the
> offer at that price in the 1950s (?).
>
>        Julian Vein
> ____________________________________

They could be special order pressings, but this still doesn't answer the 
question of their source..these discs aren't in WERM and don't have normal EMI 
matrix numbers.

dl

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