[78-L] A couple Victor oddities

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Bryan Wright wrote:

> 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?

The original intent was to highlight two artists ("double-feature,"  
get it?) -- for instance, the well-known 45-0002 "The Minor Goes  
Muggin'" by Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra,  
backed with "Tonight I Shall Sleep" by TD with Duke Ellington and his  
Famous Orchestra. The series sorta morphed into an original-cast  
album collection. A very few of the P-xxx popular album series  
("Musical Smart Sets") contained 45-0xxx discs rather than 20-xxxx.  
(For that matter, a very very few of the pop albums contained 21-0xxx  
*country-western* discs.)

Take care,


Joe
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