[78-L] Victor Record News

[Cary Ginell]

Headlines in the 7/30/43 issue:

Perry Como, New Victor Star, Takes Nation By Storm Following Success in Mid-West
Hit Tunes by Miller, Hawkins, Shaw, Martin & Como Star Latest Victor and Bluebird Releases
Urgent! Record Packing Material Must Be Returned

Front page reviews of
Artie Shaw "Now We Know" b/w Freddy Martin "All or Nothing at All" (20-1537)
Perry Como "Goodbye, Sue"/"There'll Soon Be a Rainbow" (20-1538)

Inside stories:

Old Familiar and Race Lead to Extra Profit
Streamer for Spike Follows Him on Tour
Dealer Enthusiasm Inspires Release of More Smart Set Replicas for August Display

Then two full pages of store layouts
Two pages of Red Seal activity, including "Music You Want" profile, Jeanette MacDonald's operatic debut, profile of "This Is the Army."

Not a word mentioned about the Petrillo ban.

Cary Ginell


> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:29:35 +0000
> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Victor Record News
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> Just got a nice run of issues of the Victor Record News, a retailer's 
> newspaper that was apparently distributed to record stores throughout 
> the U.S. The earliest one I have in this batch is dated July 30, 1943 
> and is number 89 in the series.
> ===========
> What were they advertising, remembering this was in the middle of the 
> recording ban?
> 
>         Julian Vein
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