[78-L] white label Victrola

[David Lennick]

Those were special orders. If a record was out of the catalog, they'd press up 
a copy for you with a typed label and charge you (double the list price, I think).

dl

On 5/14/2012 12:15 PM, Scott wrote:
> Can anyone enlighten me on white batwing Victrola records? Nipper, batwing,
> Victrola and the patent are in gold, however, the title, composer, artist,
> catalog number and a mystery number are all typed. Are these test pressings?
> I have only a couple of them - one is a Fats Waller which I don't have in
> front of me right now, and the other is Edna Brown (Elsie Baker) which I
> picked up yesterday. The title is "I Miss You Most Of All" and at 9:00
> there's a number ( # 5767) which is not the matrix nor catalog number. It's
> the master take -5 of Victrola 17552.
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> Scott Wenzel