[78-L] Labels

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Jul 13 13:04:49 PDT 2013


Dave was just curious about the Swing Classic designation being on only one 
side. I'm sure I've seen other instances where that occurred. And as for the 
batwing label, Canada used it till 1946.

dl

On 7/13/2013 4:02 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> I've seen Canadian Victors before;they were blue in colour with the bat wing design.The Victors I've had of Dorsey's "Song of India" had the "Swing Classic" on the A side only(Song of India) and none on the B side.I had a circa 1938-41
> Victor 78 of Vic 25523 about 30 years ago.I can't tell you how long Canada used the bat wing design however.I saw them in an album in a North Bend,Oregon Goodwill store about a year ago.They were of Glenn Miller as I recall and the sides were from the early '40s.I don't believe they are a curiosity.
> On Sat, 7/13/13, DAVID BURNHAM<burnhamd at rogers.com>  wrote:
>
>   Subject: [78-L] Labels
>   To: "78-L at 78online.com"<78-L at 78online.com>
>   Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 1:01 PM
>
>   We had a discussion a while ago about
>   records that have different label styles on each side.  I'm
>   holding a Tommy Dorsey record, Victor 25523, with a "Swing
>   Classic" label on Side A, "Song of India", and a regular
>   Canadian Batwing label on Side B, "Marie".  Is this a
>   curiosity?
>
>   db
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