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Skihawx wrote:V-38535 is a pretty rare record. I doubt I'll ever see one.

I saw the sign on Live Auctioneers and wondered why the middle was black.
Thanks for the education.

what is a V-38535 record?

LShaped wrote:what is a V-38535 record?

Victor V-38535, Tommy Johnson, “Canned Heat Blues” (A) and “Big Fat Momma Blues” (B).

The record of which schweg posted a photo. Apparently it goes for quite a bit of money due to demand/rarity.

Regards,

David

I found the original as well as some others I had made to swap out with Tommy Johnson.

schweg wrote:I found the original as well as some others I had made to swap out with Tommy Johnson.

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Im not understanding the correlation of these records and the advertising piece i posted...unless what you guys are saying is that piece was used specifically to advertise those records....

Going to pick up an old Victrola shiping crate today. Completely intact...love the look of them.

the metal record was made for window displays since real records would warp and fade. some of them were made where you could insert another label. Stephen

LShaped wrote:

schweg wrote:I found the original as well as some others I had made to swap out with Tommy Johnson.

20200621_112015~2.jpg

20200621_112208~2.jpg

Im not understanding the correlation of these records and the advertising piece i posted...unless what you guys are saying is that piece was used specifically to advertise those records....

Going to pick up an old Victrola shiping crate today. Completely intact...love the look of them.

The large record you have was the backdrop and the "labels" shown above were affixed to the backdrop as new titles were introduced. That way, Victor didn't need to make countless oversize records to introduce every new title. The dealer just swapped out the label pieces.

JerryVan wrote:

LShaped wrote:

schweg wrote:I found the original as well as some others I had made to swap out with Tommy Johnson.

20200621_112015~2.jpg

20200621_112208~2.jpg

Im not understanding the correlation of these records and the advertising piece i posted...unless what you guys are saying is that piece was used specifically to advertise those records....

Going to pick up an old Victrola shiping crate today. Completely intact...love the look of them.

The large record you have was the backdrop and the "labels" shown above were affixed to the backdrop as new titles were introduced. That way, Victor didn't need to make countless oversize records to introduce every new title. The dealer just swapped out the label pieces.

sooo cool. kinda stinks its plain jane....wldve been really nifty if the Store name/location was somehow on the record too....then again, it wldve been more desirable and I wldnt own it lol

You could have some labels enlarged and reproduced as Schweg did, then you could display the sign as it was intended.

JerryVan wrote:You could have some labels enlarged and reproduced as Schweg did, then you could display the sign as it was intended.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...thatll work