[78-L] Victor "E" in runout

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Red-seal 10" 4083 was aimed at the "educational" market.    I  have a copy 
but cannot put my hands on it at this time.  This includes  older songs from 
the "standard" repertory, sung by Royal Dadmun (e.g., "John  Peel"), and, I 
think, Lambert Murphy.
 
Paul Charosh
 
 
In a message dated 1/8/2013 8:07:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rojoknox at metroeast.org writes:

Greetings from FixitLand!

On 8 Jan 2013, at 2:48 PM, Bryan  Wright wrote:

> For several years, I've been puzzled by a large  capital "E" in the  
> runout of some Victor records from the  mid-late 1920s. I'm not talking  
> about the "VE" oval, but rather  a standalone "E" sometimes stamped  
> directly below the "VE" bug.  Today, I took some Victor records in my  
> own collection bearing  that "E" and looked them up in the UCSB online  
> Victor  discography. I noticed that the original file cards for all of  
>  them carried some indication that the records were marketed "for   
> educational use." Aha! Could it be that the "E" in the runout   
> designates a record intended for educational use? Since I presume  the  
> "VE" oval was stamped to indicate an electric recording for  purposes  
> of royalty payments to Western Electric, perhaps  Victor and Western  
> Electric had an agreement for discounted  royalties on records made for  
> educational use? And perhaps the  extra "E" was Victor's way of marking  
> the "educational"  records? Can anyone confirm my theory? And if I'm  
> wrong, does  anyone know what the "E" *does* indicate?

Yep...intended for the  Educational Catalog. You nailed it. I dunno if 
anything but Black Label  material was so-included. Anyone seen a Red Seal or 
other non-pop-series  Victor with the 'E'?

Take care,



—
Joe
—
“The  only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...”—Albert  
Schweitzer



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