Victor 10.5” 78 RPM One Sided in-Plant Test Record (No Artist) “Say A Little Pra

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Victor 10.5” 78 RPM One Sided in-Plant Test Record (No Artist) “Say A Little Prayer For Me” VG+ Visible Condition, scratches but play is very nice with some noise. LAST THREE I HAVE. Victor 10.5” 78 RPM very thick One Sided (in plant engineered not for sale) Test/Sample Record “(Say A Little Prayer For Me”). This was one of the engineered samples pressed prior to release. The labelled area around spindle hole is hand written “abrc 69911 -1 C 1576-a Parry Say A Little Prayer For Me”. Also something written in pencil and what looks like a signature – I can’t make it out. I bought these in an estate sale lot about 30 years ago and put them away for safekeeping (They were definitely safe as it took 30 years to find them in all my collection). According to his family the deceased worked as a sound engineer for Victor Talking Machine Co and later RCA Victor from the 1920’s until he retired and these are samples he kept that were “tweaked” by Victor sound engineers to get the best play. The sound is quite good despite the scratches. Released by Victor June 9, 1931 as Timely Tunes C-1576.

Victor matrix ABRC-69911. Say a little prayer for me / Don Byron ; Ronald Sachs Orchestra

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Title

Source

Say a little prayer for me (Primary title)

Disc label (BHC verso)

Fox trot (Title descriptor)

Disc label (BHC verso)

Authors and Composers

Notes

Horatio Nicholls (composer)

Pseudonym for Lawrence Wright.

Jos. Geo. Gilbert (lyricist)

Jos. Geo. Gilbert (lyricist)

Lawrence Wright (composer)

Composer information source: Disc label (BHC); sheet music.

Personnel

NotesHide Additional Titles

Ronald Sachs Orchestra (Musical group)

Pseudonym for Nat Shilkret Orchestra.

Don Byron (vocalist)

Nat Shilkret Orchestra (Musical group)

Fred Erdman (session supervisor)

Nathaniel Shilkret (director)

·         Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo

·         Instrumentation: Violin, 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, guitar, piano, and traps

·         Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain

·         Language: English

·         Master Size: 10-in.

Notes

Victor ledgers: "F. Erdman, present."

Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.

Take Date and Place

Take

Status

Label Name/Number

Format

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6/9/1931 New York, New York. Studio 1

1

Master

Timely Tunes C-1576

10-in.

6/9/1931 New York, New York. Studio 1

2

Hold

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