First Electrical Recordings.

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Originally Posted by truetone36

Victor switched to electrical recordings in the spring of 1925. The early electrical recordings still had the "bat wing" label that the acoustical recordings were issued on. Look for the initials "VE" in the deadwax. The scrolled label with the words "Orthophonic Recording" on them appeared in November of 1925 which is when they introduced their line of Orthophonic Victrolas designed to play electrical recordings. The release of the discs 6 months earlier than the machines was part of a marketing strategy. The recordings sounded rather harsh and strident on the older machines designed for acoustical recordings, so therefore when the Orthophonic machines were introduced they sold like hotcakes.

The copies of the recording, I have is on a Mono LP and another is on a 45, naturally a re-release. The LP, I have, also has the "Prisoner's Song", which is definitely a acoustic recording and really sounds like it. The records were sold by Avon Products and were RCA special products.
The record is titled: "Music Avon Grew Up With". I don't have the original album covers. They were mixed in with some other record collections.
I guess, everyone including Readers Digest was in the record selling game.