[78-L] Caruso with wrong label

[Michael Shoshani]

On 09/17/2013 07:14 AM, Han Enderman wrote:

> So there cannot be a normal batwing pressing - as already indicated by the 1930 date.
> Did the Caruso East Coast repressing deliberately use the old batwing label?

Most likely. Michael Sherman's book of Victor labels has evidence that 
RCA kept the batwing label alive for acoustic recordings right up until 
the mid-1940s or so. It's identical to the VTM label, except there are 
no patent notices and instead of Victor Talking Machine Company at the 
bottom, it says RCA Manufacturing Company.

Michael Shoshani
Chicago