[78-L] A couple Victor oddities

[Bryan Wright]

My thanks to J.E. Knox and David Lennick for the responses to my  
Victor matrix question. I've saved the note for future reference.

To follow-up: the little 6-inch WBOW disc doesn't have a take number  
appended to the matrix number -- either on the label or in the runout  
wax. It's just "E1-KB-459." (The reverse side is E1-KB-460.) Also, for  
what it's worth, the disc is pressed on an extremely thin vinyl. It's  
not quite as flexible as an Eva-Tone Soundsheet, but it's much thinner  
than other standard vinyl records. Also, I've posted a label scan of  
the record here:

http://www.claxtonola.com/wbow.jpg

Thanks also for the details on the children's series RCA vinyls. I  
guess I was most surprised by the raised edges. I had never  
encountered an RCA 78 with raised edges before, making me think these  
might be unusually late. Thanks also for clearing up the 45- prefix. I  
should have figured that since I do have a handful of 45- prefix  
"Double Feature" records from the mid-'40s. Incidentally, what was the  
point of the "Double Feature" series that set it apart from the  
regular 20-0000 series of the mid-late '40s?

Thanks again,
Bryan W.