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I was corresponding with Mike Sherman the other day (probably the foremost authority on Victor record labels), and we touched on the early TEN INCH RECORD label. Mike did some research back in the late 1980s on this label, but of course without benefit of the Internet. We agreed that a survey was in order to determine which titles/catalog numbers were represented and an approximate number of surviving pressings.


If you have one or more examples of the VICTOR TEN INCH RECORD label, we'd like to hear from you, either here or via private message. A picture of your label(s) would be great, or simply the title, artist, and catalog number(s).


Thank you for your help with this research project!


George P.

Thanks for this survey George. I have a copy of 3005 and 3014. So far, 3005 appears to be the most frequently encountered example of this label. Only one copy of 3014 has turned up so far, but hopefully we'll learn more if this survey gets some responses.

Found on-line, here is 3013 ... 3016 .. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11140&start=10

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https://www.arsc-audio.org/newsletter/ARSCNews_34.pdf

James.

Thanks, James!

George P.

Best of luck on the survey. Wish I had one to participate .

Thanks for the encouragement. We don't expect an overwhelming response, since Mike estimates there may be only around 35-50 examples of the VICTOR TEN INCH RECORD label extant. Maybe we'll be surprised!

George P.

Gents,

I think you know about these but if not:
3003 https://i78s.org/preview/d9caec8cb09150 ... c3d64146a6
3004 https://i78s.org/preview/941037bf7ce7f5 ... e0b6d0cfac
3005 https://i78s.org/preview/a8bccebdec3202 ... d34f8a659f
3009 https://i78s.org/preview/ab22b55a056b47 ... 1a2dc353f6
3012 https://i78s.org/preview/b59b415a4d7e97 ... 6d346d76e5
3013 https://i78s.org/preview/7ddb727c70d7b8 ... aa34a0a7dd
3016 https://i78s.org/preview/f75876041b8dd7 ... 799b08c93a
- David Giovannoni

Much appreciated, David!

George P.

This was a super early label for monarch records.

Here are two examples of a slightly more unusual variant.