[78-L] Victor 25686-A Just Once In A While

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Han Enderman wrote:

> I have 3 label variants (images, of course) of 25686-A and assume  
> JUST... is the first one.
> As follows:
> #1 - JUST ONCE IN A WHILE. Inner row of patents complete.
> #2 - ONCE IN A WHILE. Inner row of patents complete.
> #3 - ONCE IN A WHILE. Inner row of patents with gap (at 7h one  
> patent removed).
> #3 is a later label type (the new VICTOR GUIDE shows it in Fig.  
> IX-2 and dates this
> Victor label type IX.A.1.b as late 1941-fall 1943).
> My image #3 is a version with 2 cuts in the double ring at 10h/2h.

That all fits in. That #3 version with cuts in the Rings at 10 and 2  
o'clock is, as I understand it, a West Coast pressing. With the  
missing patent 1637544, it's a brass-print ("silver") label. The  
earliest brass-print labels have the patent. There are also uncut  
Rings with even ends and uncut Rings with uneven ends (uneven ends is  
Indianapolis pressing?). [Gotta save my pennies for that new Victor  
Records book...]

Your copy plus the one soon to be mine (it's on the way) makes two of  
JUST ONCE IN A WHILE. Any others? Any foreign issues (HMV)?

Take care,


Joe
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