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In all my years of collecting records I have not seen or heard of the record I recently acquired. It is a single side Columbia Viva-tonal with the standard label; record number AD-1764-D, "Plucky Lindy's Lucky Day" by Irving Kaufman. The reverse is is the Columbia logo in a cross-hatch pattern. The record plays from the inside out and at a slower speed, not 78rpm. I don't have a variable speed phonograph so not sure if it is a standard 33 ⅓ or what. Written on the inside non-recorded area is "advance 1005", the matrix number of the selection.

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Thanks for any insight,

Ron

Sounds like Plucky Ron's Lucky Day!
Please post photos of this interesting find.

James.

This is probably a record for the sound portion of a sound-on-disc movie. They play at 33.3 rpm, and start from inside out.

Phototone wrote:This is probably a record for the sound portion of a sound-on-disc movie. They play at 33.3 rpm, and start from inside out.

Columbia did produce some soundtrack discs. I don't think the poster has one though. That Kaufamn disc was also released commercially, with the same catalog #, i 1929.

If it wasn't intended for a sound track perhaps it was for broadcasting purposes. Remember Columbia was briefly the owner of a network... CBS..The Coluimbia Broadcasting System in 1927. They got cold feet almost immediately and sold their interest, possibly one of their less astute business moves.
Jim.

When I return home from the office this evening (the curse of the working class), I will take a few pictures of it and post them. It will be a bit difficult to show the detail of the words and arrow written in the lead in groove (would be lead out on any other record) but I will do my best. Black on black doesn't contrast well.

Ron

pianolist wrote:When I return home from the office this evening (the curse of the working class), I will take a few pictures of it and post them. It will be a bit difficult to show the detail of the words and arrow written in the lead in groove (would be lead out on any other record) but I will do my best. Black on black doesn't contrast well.

Ron

Sounds like you're describing a sychronization arrow, which was used to tell the projectionist where to start with the reel of film. Each disc corresponds to a reel. Making it a soundtrack disc after all.

I can't find any listing for an Irving Kaufman movie short, though.

Here are some pictures that I hope will help with identifying. Sorry they aren't better, I had a very difficult time getting the light to reflect to show detail without making huge "hot" spots in the picture.

I've never seen one like it.
That's a special find!

I'm hoping for a clue...
What are the three images here?

Those are the trade-mark "look for the Notes" logo that Columbia used since the early Teens...

A pair of "beamed" 1/16th notes.


It appears as though there might be some sort of metal reinforcing grommet around the spindle hole too...