L. Stokowski Edgar Allen Poe The Raven RCA Victor 4 Part Picture Disk No. 2000
$
500
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Description
Victor "Picture Disks"
RCA Victor launched a series of "Picture Disks" in late 1932, probably to increase sales in this depression year. However, the venture seems to have been unsuccessful, since these picture disks are rare, indicating low sales.
Tim Brooks in his very interesting review of the book "Picture Disks of the World" 3 states that states that 30 Victor Picture Disks from the 1930s had been identified so far. These discs are rare, all now can fetch very high prices from collectors, in the hundreds of dollars. Apparently, one of the most valuable is the Victor Picture Disk devoted to Caruso, disk 17-3001.
The 1932 Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra recording of Dubensky's The Raven was also issued as a 'Picture Disk' in late 1932. The format was a 10 inch (25 cm) 78 RPM disk molded from a clear plastic material, with a paper laminated inside the disk. The laminated paper had an illustration of a raven, and the words of the Edgar Allan Poe poem. The issue was on Victor disks number L-2000 and L-2001, laminated Picture Disks, matrices BSHQ 69483-1, BSHQ 69484-1, BSHQ 69485-1, BSHQ 69486-1. According to Ward Marston's excellent restoration work, the original recording was made on sound film, and then transcribed to the Picture Disk format.
Victor Picture Disc L-2000 and L-2001 of The Raven . The material on which Picture Disks were stamped was inferior as to reproduction, producing a noisy surface. As a result, the Picture Disk sound is noisier to contemporaneous 78 RPM Victor Red Seal recordings.
Extremely Rare opportunity to own.
Exactly As Pictured.
Appears to be in great overall shape however please use photos to judge and bid accordingly.
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