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Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:18 pm
by transformingArt
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Wolfe posted his record of 1901 Vess Ossman - and here's the same issue on 45rpm, this time celebrating 1 Billionth "RCA Victor" Record since August 5, 1939 to October 3, 1961. The flip side is Chet Atkins' "One Grain of Sand".
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:32 am
by Edisone
Hooray for Vess Ossman! Yuck @ Chet Atkins!
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:45 am
by gramophoneshane
What is the significants of August 5, 1939 ???
I thought RCA/Victor had been around about a decade longer than that.
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:56 am
by recordo
I think they mean the one billionth record pressed at the Indianapolis plant?
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:51 pm
by Wolfe
Someone at RCA was a little overly fond of that record? OrthoSean had also posted that it also appeared as the B-side of an Ames Brothers promo 78.
Even those who worship Vess Ossman would have to acknowledge that it's not even the first extant Victor record, not by a long shot.
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:35 am
by JohnM
Seems I've read that Ossman's 'Tell Me Pretty Maiden' is the oldest master in the company vaults.
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:31 pm
by Viva-Tonal
Rust's AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK says 'Hope' by the philosopher Robert Ingersoll (a Berliner recording) is the oldest master preserved in the Victor vaults, and that bit of info comes from the chapter on Berliner records.
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:45 pm
by Viva-Tonal
gramophoneshane wrote:What is the significants of August 5, 1939 ???
I thought RCA/Victor had been around about a decade longer than that.
My guess is, it's when the Indianapolis plant began operations. (True, RCA and Victor merged in 1929.)
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:09 pm
by Wolfe
Viva-Tonal wrote: the Victor vaults
Where are these Victor vaults? There seems to be a lot on conjecture about the whereabouts of the Caruso masters (among other less prominent but interesting things.) I'm just curious if anybody has information.
Re: Commemorating the 1,000,000,000th RCA Victor Record!
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:14 pm
by JohnM
Viva-Tonal wrote:Rust's AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK says 'Hope' by the philosopher Robert Ingersoll (a Berliner recording) is the oldest master preserved in the Victor vaults, and that bit of info comes from the chapter on Berliner records.
I think my source for the 'Tell Me Pretty Maiden' attribution may be from either 'The Fabulous Phonograph' or an old Jim Walsh article. Either way, older sources that may be supplanted by newer sources. The TMPM by Ossman may be the oldest Victor master, not Berliner?