[78-L] 78 Sales Figures

[Gregg Kimball]

For those of you who are not on Facebook, you might find the entry below 
from one of the 78 lists useful.  The Victor project at UCSB is entering 
sales figures for recors when available, but you have to bore down into the 
entries for a particular disc to find them. Looks like the numbers come from 
the Victor ledgers.

Gregg


The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings 
www.victor.library.ucsb.eduwhich will ultimately list every Victor 78 has 
reached the end of 1927. About 10% of the discs have sales numbers: Here are 
some interesting ones (amazing how varied the figures are): Gus Cannon 
Vi21267 - 14992; Alfred Karnes Vi20840 --31624; Karnes Vi 40327 - 2061; 
Savoy Bearcats Vi 20460 11638; Williamson Beale Street Frolic Vi 
21410 --4819; Memphis Jug Band Vi21185-41879; MJB Vi 21066 -5712; Mamie 
Forehand Vi20574 -8054; Rev JM Gates Vi35789 (12") - 22369; William Weldon 
Vi21134 - 6847; Fats Waller Vi23260-1100; Lonnie McIntorsh Vi21271 -3851, 
Vi21411 --2682
Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (EDVR)
www.victor.library.ucsb.edu
Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records - University of California Santa 
Barbara