Sold Date: August 20, 2022
Start Date: August 13, 2022
Final Price: $30.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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HERE is another unusual record:  It's a single-sided, white-label, vinylite pressing, probably pressed in the 1960s, of 1928 Victor matrix BVE-43682-2.  

The tune is "NEVA," (polka), played by THE EUROPA ORCHESTRA, (a bunch of Russians) in Victor's studio at Liederkranz Hall, N.Y.C., on April 27, 1928.   "Neva" was written by the famous silent-film composer, J.S. ZAMECNIK, one of his hundreds of unsung titles.  It's an up-tempo, very lively bit o'fun! The record came out in 1928, on Victor Black Label 81271.  

It sounds fantastic! As a vinyl pressing, it's practically without surface noise, revealing the startling fidelity of Victor's electrically recorded (i.e., Western Electrical) sound.  

The flip side is the famous "VICTOR" Spider-Web design, used for blank sides since the 'teens.  I've never seen it used as the back of a vinyl test pressing, though!   

I'm used to seeing dance bands, blues and jazz pressed up as white-label vinyls, but NEVER any foreign / ethnic music.  This must be a one-off production. 

This (?) original blank-label Victor Vinyl test of matrix BVE-43682-2 is in sweet EE+ condition. 

***** 

These records come from my private collection, which I have been accumulating since 1967, and now am downsizing!  My highest priority in these eBay auctions is to give you the best possible idea of a record’s true condition and aesthetic value.  I always post at least four clear images, showing the record fore and aft, a close-up of the label, and the whole disc, warts and all.  If my purple prose won’t cut it, the pictures will!  Shipping is done with expert care. Your record will brave Media Mail in a stout corregated box, between four sheets of cardboard and a couple of “packers.”  I hope you are amused by these descriptions, and by the quality of service being offered.