[78-L] interesting pasteover label

[Michael Biel]

On 1/3/2011 11:36 AM, Bill McClung wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Is there red at the spindle hole?  The pasted label seems to be slightly
> larger than the original label with just a little red showing at the hole
> where it is not pasted down.
>
> Bill

Yes, the tail of the big red question-mark comes down to the left side 
of the spindle hole, so a little red might peek through.  But there were 
many other red labels, so I don't quite know why you might have thought 
it was Columbia.    The pressing is one of those wafer thin Victor vinyl 
promo pressings which are unmistakably RCA, not at all like a Columbia.  
Same with the stamped matrix numbers which are so obviously Victor,  
E4VB 3140. It is interesting that on the question mark label they do not 
print the record number or the matrix number or the RCA and Nipper logos 
-- ALL of which are on the paste-over label!
But they have the trademark warning at the bottom of the question-mark 
label, and this serves as the only indication that it is an RCA Victor 
record if the paste-over labels are not on it.

I just remembered that I also have a regular stock copy of the record.  
It is not anywhere near as interesting as this promo -- dull-finish 
black with pale silver print, but pressed on that amazingly quiet 
shellac Victor was using at the end of 78s with the smooth edge which 
curved down to a point.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Michael Biel<mbiel at mbiel.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 1/2/2011 1:58 PM, Bill McClung wrote:

>> >  Another type of paste over is when a promo label is pasted on.  I've got
>> >  a Marilyn Monroe promotional picture label that looks to have been pasted
>> >  over a Columbia red label.
>> A Columbia red label of WHAT???  Certainly not a Marilyn Monroe
>> recording.  The new Victor label book shows on page 230 the Monroe
>> picture pasteover promo label and the record that the labels were meant
>> for -- a thin vinyl pressing with a white label and a big red question
>> mark for the radio station people to ponder for a week as to who the
>> vocalist was. "Who Is She? She's gorgeous...  Her name's a household
>> word!  You guess... Ask your listeners to guess!  Answer in next week's
>> DJ kit."   I've long had the record with the labels, and a couple of
>> years ago finally got a copy without the labels.
>>
>> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com