Latest Updates - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders

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Comment by han enderman:

Vic 20047 - Images added of East & West Coast labels. This is the last issue of a small group, 20044-47, with "Orthophonic" at 9; all released on 18 Jun 1926. Evidently this "variant" was an error, as the addition is absent on Victor batwings 20048-95, and then it is introduced on the new scroll labels (East Coast 20096-) as "Orthophonic Recording". On the West Coast the scroll label starts with 20102, and there the very last batwings (-20101) have "Orthophonic Recording" added.

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Comment by han enderman:

Vic 20099 - West Coast batwing labels added. These very last batwings (20099-20101 West Coast) have "Orthophonic Recording" at 9, as introduced on East Coast scroll label 20096.

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Comment by DeweyGill SUBS ●:

Hamp trots out a swing band for 1937. Sax man and singer Johnny McAfee is probably the best talent in the bunch, making his way briefly to Eddie Duchin before landing a steady in Tony Pastor’s band.

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Comment by han enderman:

Vic 20076-A Oakland pressing added - ultimately all Serenaders had arrived.

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Comment by xiphophilos:

historyofcountrymusic's original version represents a Victor Batwing label with shorter patent text (lists only 1908 patent), like they were used from Fall 1923 to Summer 1926, cf. M. W. Sherman, Collector's Guide to Victor Records, 2nd ed., page 84.

The two Scroll label copies both are represses on the first version of the Scroll label (used Fall 1926-Spring 1928), with "Orthophonic Recording" to the left of the spindle hole, the musical genre to the right, and the catalog number at the bottom of the label, cf. M. W. Sherman, Collector's Guide to Victor Records, 2nd ed., page 93.

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Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

Added images of an Oakland repressing. Evidently, Johnny Hamp had only one Serenader available for the West Coast variant.

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Comment by historyofcountrymusic:

Added earlier batwing label images