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The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 R. P. M. Party Records
© David Diehl 1996
Updated 8/3/99

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IMPERIAL
West Coast pressings have black labels with silver print and the more elaborate label style which states "recorded in Hollywood". Scranton-pressed examples are credited to NOVELTY RECORD COMPANY and have plain black labels with a greenish-gold print similar to that used on wartime Hit Records with numbers 5X, a 100-118 series and album 500 (rose red label) with sides labeled A/B , C/D and E/F. No relation to the red R&B label. Almost all known issues are 1940's releases of Ray BOURBON material in albums. Perhaps coincidentally, Eli Oberstein's Elite label was briefly produced by a company called Imperial and released an 'X' series (non-party).

International Crepitation Contest -see Sidney S. Brown

INTIMATE TALES
White label with green print. Master numbers are shown not catalog numbers with 2642 through 2844 reported.

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