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Victor Puzzle Record For Sale on eBay - Not Mine

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For anyone who has been interested in obtaining a "puzzle record", this one has the most interesting content featuring Al Bowlly...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/78-VICTOR-22745 ... 6016.l4276
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Re: Victor Puzzle Record For Sale on eBay - Not Mine

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I have a Victor record that's interesting.It's a few years later on the Gold Circular label from 1937.One side is "Pick The Winner",and the other side's Lionel Hampton's Orchestra playing "Ring Dem Bells".Has anyone ever seen that?edisonplayer

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Yes, I have had several Lionel Hampton with Pick The Winner on the reverse, although it is a scarce title... There is also a Pick The Winner on a Victor record that has The Punter's Lament on the reverse... both hard to find, as are all puzzle records. I always wondered if the Lionel Hampton record might have been used for gambling in Harlem clubs or other speakeasys, as it looks unsuspecting when placed on a phonograph... then flipped for gambling.
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Victor Puzzle Record For Sale on eBay - Not Mine

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SOLD for $49.00 + 5.09 shipping...
"The phonograph† is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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