[78-L] A Sonora Victor

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Counterfeiting was a big problem at that time, primarily with indie race records. In 1948 Savoy even took out ads in the trades warning dealers and distributors. But these Victor discs would have been easy to trace once detected; why go to the trouble of engraving the issue numbers in such a distinctive, non-Victorian manner?
 DJD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Biel [mailto:mbiel at mbiel.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 12:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] A Sonora Victor

What is the URL to the label photo of one of these I saw recently? Therings on these labels denote pressing plants, but there is a possibilitythat has not been mentioned -- these might be COUNTERFEITS. A Christmasnovelty comes and goes very quickly, and Victor would not have a chanceto react before the record disappears from the market. Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com -------- Original Message --------From: David Lennick This came out of a batch of store stock I bought a few years ago.There's another copy in there..I'll have to see if it's also a Sonora. Inaddition to the pimply pressing, each side has a raised ring around the center hole.dlOn 11/28/2010 2:42 AM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:> Since both of the 'Sonora' pressings are Santa novelties one would guess Victor wanted to press large quantities in a short time for the holiday season. It seems likely that a number of outside sources would have been tapped...but Sonora? No one but Oberstein would have perpetrated that.> DJD> -----Original Message-----> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]>> I think I just found one of those Sonora Victor pressings..20-2482, Sammy Kaye, "Santa Claus for President" b/w "Hold in Hand". Awful looking shellac, disc numbers in very tiny font in the land, and "Song Hits Magazine Record of the Month" on the label..could this mean a special press run?dl_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l