[78-L] Have RCA question.

[Michael Biel]

We need more information.  Was the Nipper in full color or just 
outline?  Is the label glossy?  What color is the label.  What are the 
matrix numbers if they are different from the record number?  Is this 
vinyl or shellac?  If vinyl, is it regular thickness or very thin?  Is 
there a pressing plant letter in the lead-out area (I, R, or H)?  What 
are the titles?  The Nipper you are talking about is at the top center, 
and not on the lower left as a picture commonly seen on the children's 
records?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

On 2/6/2012 10:48 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> On 2/6/2012 10:42 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>>    From: Dennis Flannigan<dennis.flannigan at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>> I have a 10" RCA Victor record, 45-5039, featuring the RCA Victor
>>> Orchestra. Beautiful color label with Nipper seemingly licking the horn.
>>> Sniffing, I suspect.
>>>
>>> It plays at 45 rpm. Apparently there was a 45-5000 series. I've found no
>>> direction on the Internet on where to get information. Is it an anomaly? Is
>>> it a precursor to the 45 that RCA developed. Is it common, and I don't know
>>> what I'm talking about? Don't reflect too deeply on the last question.
>> I have a DJ pressing of Pee Wee King's "Slow Poke" like that.  It
>> looks just like a regular vinyl 10" 78 DJ release, white label with
>> black print, but it plays at 45.  I asked about it here several
>> years ago but everyone was stumped.
>> _____________________________________________
> Okay, this can't be a precursor to the 45 since Slow Poke came out in late
> 1951. But the 45-5000 series is children's, and if it's the Victor Orchestra it
> was originally rose color and then full color black label. And if that one
> plays at 45, well that's something I don't know about....!
>
> dl
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