RCA Victor (Record Label)
In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records. The company then became RCA Victor. In absorbing Victor, RCA acquired the New World rights to the famous Nipper/"His Master's Voice" trademark. In 1931, RCA Victor's British affiliate the Gramophone Company merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company to form EMI. This gave RCA head David Sarnoff a seat on the EMI board.
In September 1931, RCA Victor introduced the first 33⅓ rpm records sold to the public, calling them "Program Transcriptions". These used a shallower and more closely spaced implementation of the large "standard groove" found on contemporary 78 rpm records, rather than the "microgroove" used for post-World War II 33⅓ rpm "LP" (long play) records. The format was a commercial failure, partly because the new Victrolas with two-speed turntables designed to play these records were exorbitantly priced, the least expensive model retailing for $395.00 in the depths of the Great Depression. The format was abandoned by 1933, and two-speed turntables were no longer offered, but some Program Transcriptions lingered in the Victor record catalog until the end of the 1930s.
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Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings The Blues (Music On Vinyl)
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Paul Desmond – Easy Living (Speakers Corner)
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Shorty Rogers And His Giants – Portrait Of Shorty (NM/VG+)
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Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan – Two Of A Mind (Speakers Corner)
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Al Cohn – The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor (Speakers Corner)
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Sammy Davis Jr. – In Person Australia '77 (E/VG+)
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Chet Baker Sextet – Chet Is Back! (Speakers Corner)
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Eartha Kitt – I Love Men (VG+/Generic)
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Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins – Sonny Meets Hawk! (Pure Pleasure)
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Teresa Brewer, Earl Hines – We Love You Fats (VG+/VG+)
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Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – Jack The Bellboy / Central Avenue Breakdown (VG+/Generic)
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Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – Frankie And Tommy (VG/VG)
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Gary Burton Quartet – A Genuine Tong Funeral (VG/VG)
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Pretty Woman (VG+/VG+)
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm – Ain't Misbehavin' (VG+/VG+)
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Lighthouse – Peacing It All Together (VG+/VG)
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Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – This Is Tommy Dorsey (2xLP) (VG+/VG+)
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Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Hodges – Con Soul And Sax (VG+/VG)
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Moe Koffman – Museum Pieces (VG+/VG+)
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