[78-L] Labels

[Dan Van Landingham]

In 1965 I was given two 78s from the set which were on Victor:they dated from around 1945.The way I could tell was by what I call "purfling" around the edge of the label;on the 1938-42 Victors and Bluebirds,the bands-or purfling-were spaced closed together and on the 1945-54 Victor/RCA Victor 78s,they were wider apart.The ink was gold on the '38-'41s,
which I referred to as a "yellow gold ink",the '42-'49s used a "white gold" ink and the '50-'54s used silver with a flat black background whereas the previous Victors used gloss black.
I use that word purfling because the two bands around the label reminded me of the purfling on my violin and viola.
On Sat, 7/13/13, J. E. Knox <rojoknox at metroeast.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [78-L] Labels
 To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 3:26 PM
 
 Greetings from FixitLand!
 
 Dan Van Landingham wrote:
 
 > You're right.On Pandora Radio,they show a picture of an
 RCA Victor 78 of Kenny Clarke's recording of "Epistrophy"
 and it has the words "Swing Classic" above it.The same was
 true 
 > of the Bunny Berigan Memorial Album set I had years ago
 on 78.The album was issued on
 > RCA Victor rather than Victor:I believe RCA decided to
 incorporate "RCA" in RCA Victor in '46.
 
 Although you're correct about the change to RCA Victor in
 January 1946, Musical Smart Set P-134 "Bunny Berigan
 Memorial Album" was issued in 1942 (it's mentioned in the
 Victor Record Review, June 1942), and early copies carry
 Victor labels. (All are Swing Classic, as far as I know.)
 There are a lot of copies of this album pressed after the
 1946 name change.
 
 The June 1942 announcement suggests that the 20-1500 series
 (Set P-134 consists of 20-1500/3] actually began slightly
 *before* the end of the 279xx five-digit series (27975 was
 the last).
 
 Take care,
 
 
 —
 Joe
 —
 “MMEEOOWW!!”—Douglas Fur and Kimberly Fur
 
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