[78-L] A Sonora Victor

[Dan Van Landingham]

I've seen Sonora wind up phonographs from time to time(such as the one I saw on 
either "Pawn
Stars" or "American Pickers")and I have couple of mid '40s Sonoras in my 
collection:one by Ray
Anthony(from the mid '40s;the selection is "Please Be Kind")and the other by 
Artie Shaw imitator
Jerry Wald("They Say It's Wonderful")from 1946.The latter I purchased from what 
was the reco-
rd library of KOOS-AM in Coos Bay,Oregon in 1978.It has a typewritten date on a 
white label.
I don't know much of the lable itself.Enlighten me.I found the Anthony 78 in a 
thrift store in Rose-
burg,Oregon in 1987.I gave $.10 for it.Mentioning Roy Acuff,I had his OKeh of 
"Freight Train B-
lues".His band was the "Crazy Tennesseeans" as I recall.I haven't had it in 
years.I remember him 

more from the television series "Hee Haw".I can't tell you how good a fiddler he 
was.Bob Wills 

wasn't that good from what I have heard although I had his records through about 
1950("Boot
Heel Drag","Bubbles in My Beer" and one other,"I Realize").




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 4:16:04 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] A Sonora Victor

And it says in the land: 2482 A 14 S and 2482 B 16 S, the "S" in each case 
being slightly above the line. No idea if the S indicates Sonora or something 
else. I held onto this disc today..I was going to put it in a batch of 
Christmas records on the CAPS auction table. I have another copy but it's in 
the storage unit so I don't know if it's a real Victor pressing.

dl

On 11/28/2010 6:29 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> Sorry I don't have a decent scan but yes, the numbers are miniscule and deeply 
>engraved. Just about anyone in the business in 1947 would have recognized the 
>source of these things.
>  DJD
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> From: Michael Biel [mailto:mbiel at mbiel.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 04:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] A Sonora Victor
>
> From: 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?>  DJDI am at a disadvantage 
>by not having a copy or a photo of the disc inorder to see what the 
>"distinctive, non-Victorian" engraved numberlooked like. Do they look obviously 
>like Sonora numbers that would makethem easy to trace back to Sonora once 
>detected? As I said, since thesewere seasonal records, they would disappear from 
>the market in a naturalfashion before the damage had been detected.Mike Biel 
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