[78-L] Sonora pressing Victors (was New records in the jukebox)

Bill McClung bmcclung78 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 10:12:14 PDT 2010


Here's an really alternate explanation.  Is it a bootleg?

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:16 PM, <david.diehl at hensteeth.com> wrote:

>  Listmember Rodger Holtin and I were perusing the dregs of his collection.
> His copy Victor 20-2476 had an odd, un-Victorish ring around the center
> hole. The surface had a severe case of shellacne. The telling point was the
> isue number impressed in the runout; not the usual large, shallow RCA
> typeface at all but the tiny, deep, sans-serif used by Sonora.
>  Alternative explanations invited (no, it's not a Grey Gull).
> DJD
>
> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records
> http://www.hensteeth.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] New records in the jukebox
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> What's this about Sonora pressing Victors? Is this the reason for the weird
> brownish-grayish shellac on some pressings around 1947 (the stuff even has
> its own unique odor, and I think the remnants of it were sold to Sparton)?On
> the other hand, Varsity discs pressed by Columbia during the brief late 40s
> "Harmony" period are .. well, unfortunately, they're usually polkas.dlOn
> 11/2/2010 11:01 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:>> Speaking of
> Varsity,did Obie start the Wright Record Company label?> Yes, he teamed up
> with the owners of the faltering Sonora pressing plant while he was still
> working at RCA. A Sonora-pressed Victor is not a thing of beauty I assure
> you. Oberstein left Victor effective June 1, 1948 and the revived Varsity
> was on the market in July. During the Korean War there was a revival of the
> O.P.A ceiling price structure and he brought out the Hit label launch a
> higher-priced product.> DJD>> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide
> to 78 RPM Party Records> h
>  ttp://www.hensteeth.com> -----Original Message-----> From: Dan Van
> Landingham [mailto:danvanlandingham at yahoo.com]> Sent: Tuesday, November 2,
> 2010 01:36 PM> To: '78-L Mail List'> Subject: Re: [78-L] New records in the
> jukebox>> I just added a few tracks to mine via the RHJ website.I downloaded
> about 15 tracks of Frankie Trumbauer's 1940 big band that recorded for
> Obie's Varsity label.I wish I knew more about Trumbauer's big band.Speaking
> of Varsity,did Obie start the Wright Record Company label?I havesome 1946
> vintage Louis Prima Varsities("Saint Louis Blues"and "Chinatown,My
> Chinatown")whichwere rather well recorded as opposed to his output on
> Majestic.Come to think of it,I had a HIT 78also pressed by Wright.I'd like
> to find the personnel for Traumbauer's band.George T. Simon brieflymentioned
> it in his book "The Big Bands" from 1966.Apparently,Trumbauer changed his
> name brieflyto "Trombar".Some of the tracks I downloaded were swing versions
> of the marches I played in junior
>  high and high school like "National Emblem March","Stars and Stripes
> Forever" and "Semper Fidelis".One track which caught my ear was a number
> called "Never Never Land Fantasy";it was quite good.The recording quality
> left alot to> be desired.________________________________From: Jeff Lichtman
> To: 78-l at 78online.comSent: Tue, November 2, 2010 10:06:05 AMSubject:
> [78-L] New records in the jukeboxI have put a new set of records in my web
> jukebox. This month's selections are a re-run from last February. The theme
> is dance bands, and the performers are Paul Specht, Johnny Johnson, Fred
> Waring, Jan Garber, Phil Ohman and Victor Arden, The High Hatters, Harry
> Reser, Ben Selvin and Nat Shilkret.As always, the URL to the jukebox is in
> my signature, below. - Jeff Lichtman jeff at swazoo.com Check out Swazoo
> Koolak's Web Jukebox at http://swazoo.com/_______________________________________________78-L mailing
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