RCA Victor - Latest Updates

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Comment by W.B.lbl:

On Indianapolis pressings, the "New Orthophonic High Fidelity" blurb was on the left side of the label. This was just as RCA Victor was on the eve of fully transitioning to the color Nipper label.

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Comment by W.B.lbl:

P.S. Original Hollywood pressings used the "circle" label (and, on 45 pressings, the earlier design for that speed). I've yet to see an Indianapolis copy on either speed with the color Nipper.

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Comment by W.B.lbl:

The "circle" label {Images #1963051 & 2791672} came from Indianapolis, whereas the 4-color Nipper {Images #826230 & 826235} was a Hollywood pressing with label fonts from Bert-Co. So it was, too, on the 45 RPM 47-5739.

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Comment by han enderman ●:

Vic 20-5647 - Trying to list the earliest colored nipper labels in my previous comment, I overlooked 20-5675 by Eddie Fisher, where W.B.lbl gives the Billboard text on the design change. In this 20- series, that is the 2nd occurrence of the new label. The original label of 20-5739 has the small uncolored nipper, but another pressing has the colored nipper. Maybe these are from different pressing plants?

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Comment by han enderman ●:

Vic 20-5647 - images added (incl. clearer A-side). - Apparently this record was selected to introduce the new colored label design on 78 rpm. It is not known with the circle label and also Disc Jockey copies, very common at the time, are not reported. In this series, the last circle label release is 20-5750 (May1954), and the first colored-nipper issues after 20-5647 are 20-5748 (Eddie Fisher), -5749 (Perry Como), & -5752 (Tito Puente). Vic 20-5739-46 have circle labels and 20-5753/56-57 have nipper; 20-5743/51/54-55 unknown (only known from dj copies).

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Comment by han enderman ●:

Vic 20-5749 - label images added; from different copies on archive, where the music can be heard.

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Comment by W.B.lbl:

This would appear to be the earliest 78 (and 45) release with the four-color Nipper design; its inaugural rollout was announced in the Dec. 26, 1953 issue of Billboard.

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Comment by DeweyGill SUBS:

Images added

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Comment by W.B.lbl:

This was one of the earliest RCA Victor 78's (and 45's) with a new label design that was announced in the Dec. 26, 1953 issue of Billboard:


RCA Redesigns Disk Label

NEW YORK, Dec. 19. -- RCA Victor has re-designed its disk label and will introduce the new label next month on a few new albums. As the diskery's present stock of printed label forms runs out, the entire line of disks on all speeds will carry the new design.

Basic change is the use of a four-color plate of the trademarked dog, which will be much larger than the one now used on disk labels. In effect, the newly-designed label will appear to be much more like the one used on HMV disks. All Victor disk products will eventually carry the new design.

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Comment by xiphophilos:

The matrix number prefix really is E0 (zero), not EO. E means the decade, 1950s, 0 is the year.
More info at https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/694503

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Comment by Groovy:

Matrix on my record is EO-CB-2483-1 and EO-CB-6000-1A. Can matrix be the Catalogue?

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Comment by maxxvolume:

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Comment by DeweyGill SUBS:

Added Indianapolis variant

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Comment by HBRALLAN:

Truck Driver’s Boogie - Master # D9-VB 445
Sweetheart Of Hawaii – Master # D9-VB-444
Recorded Chicago, IL , 11 Mar 1949
James A. Boyd, leader & guitar; P. F. Blunt, steel guitar; A. P. Davis, fiddle; D. Bohme, fiddle; M. Montgomery, guitar; C. Grean, bass.
A&R Rep.: S. Sholes, C Grean.

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Comment by HBRALLAN:

Dust On My Telephone - Master Number D9-VB 440
Save The Next Waltz For Me - Master Number D9-VB 441
Recorded Chicago. March 11th 1949
James A. Boyd - Leader / Guitar; P. F. Blunt - Steel Guitar; A. P. Davis - Fiddle; D. Bohme - Fiddle; M. Montgomery - Guitar; C. Grean - Bass.
A&R Rep: S. Sholes, C. Grean

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Comment by MrPasta SUBS:

Label images added

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Comment by rhythmdog:

Once more, Image courtesy of 45cat member JohnnyG. Check out his Vinyltreasureshow on YouTube, where he recently played this and a whole host of other 78's on a 78 only special - the first of two all 78 shows.

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Comment by edlongus SUBS ●:

Also available on 45 RPM.
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Comment by Rockin Bill:

Have a copy of the DJ sample with a flexi wax

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Comment by edlongus SUBS ●:

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