[78-L] Canadian VICTOR / HMV Swing Classics

[David Lennick]

And the issue dates would be in step with the US issues, maybe a month or so later.

On 3/23/2012 10:32 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> As they stayed in the catalogue (note the Canuck spelling of catalog) up here,
> the words SWING CLASSIC stayed around the upper rim in small upper case letters
> and the personnel remained below the title, but the standard RCA VICTOR design
> incorporated at the end of 1946 replaced the batwing (note that we were a year
> late in going to that format). Can't find an illustration to show at the moment.
>
> dl
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> On 3/23/2012 10:24 AM, Clifford Bolling wrote:
>> Thanks for the info.  I have the US versions of these Swing Classic records, some with scroll labels and later ones with the 'ring' labels.
>> I was just wondering about the issue dates of the Canadian versions.
>> These were released along with the Canadian batwing style labels.
>> Did they come with different versions of labels, too, like the US issues?
>> Would these be 1930s? 1940s?
>> There just isn't anything available about these Canadian SWING CLASSSIC labels that I can find.
>> Thanks!  CDB
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>> They all correspond to US issues which also had Swing Classic labels, but
>> you'll notice that the Canadian design is much less cluttered around the border. Wonder if this will work: http://majesticrecord.com/_wizardimages/Victor_BlackVictorRCA_SwingClassic.jpg dl On 3/23/2012 9:45 AM, Clifford Bolling wrote:
>>> Just found a small group of Canadian Victor / His Master's Voice 'Swing Classic' label 78s.  I've never seen these before and I can't find any info about them.  You can view the labels here:>>http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/CanSC/>>Any info available for these?>>Thanks!  CDB
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