I’ve always been a little curious behind the releases of seven 45 RPMs ranging in sequential catalog numbers from 20/47-6636 through 20/47-6642.
RCA Victor 47-6636 Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti (45)
RCA Victor 20-6636 Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti (78)
RCA Victor 47-6637 I Got A Woman / I’m Counting On You (45)
RCA Victor 20-6637 I Got A Woman / I’m Counting On You (78)
RCA Victor 47-6638 I’ll Never Let You Go / I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (45)
RCA Victor 20-6638 I’ll Never Let You Go / I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (78)
RCA Victor 47-6639 Tryin’ To Get To You / I Love You Because (45)
RCA Victor 20-6639 Tryin’ To Get To You / I Love You Because (78)
RCA Victor 47-6640 Blue Moon / Just Because (45)
RCA Victor 20-6640 Blue Moon / Just Because (78)
RCA Victor 47-6641 Money Honey / One Sided Love Affair (45)
RCA Victor 20-6641 Money Honey / One Sided Love Affair (78)
RCA Victor 47-6642 Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Shake Rattle and Roll (45)
RCA Victor 20-6642 Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Shake Rattle and Roll (78)
The answer was made clear in September 21, 1956 in an RCA Victor publication called Deejay Digest.
HERE COME THE “TOO-FERS”!
Man, them hilarious envelopes you’ve been gettin’ for the past few months are really the “most” because from here on in they’re gonna be full of the MOST music you ever saw…“TOO-FERS.” You Pop guys won’t have to wonder how you can get your mitts on one of them supposedly “Country” disks that are takin’ off with the factory folks and you Country guys won’t be pining away for the records everyone figures are more on the Pop side. Now…EVERYBODY GETS EVERYTHING… and it all means easy programming with the greatest bargain in the business—the “TOO-FERS.”
Just leaf through this week’s kit and you’ll know you have the greatest assortment ever rained down on your kilocycles. Pop, Country, Latin . . . no more missing the sleepers, no more scraping for the off-beat material. Eight records . . . SIXTEEN SIDES . . . you can’t help but have the best programming with these great EP’s. And they’re engineered for easy cueing!
As a reminder you should note that these records are made for only one purpose—YOU DEEJAYS. Nobody can find ’em in a store…there’ll be no regular production. They’re made just for you and once we put on all the stamps, they’re practically “Collector’s Items.” You’re about to have the most complete Victor library ever assembled. Great future. “Have a ‘Too-fer!’”
RCA Victor Deejay digest Vol. 3, No. 39 Release #56-38 Sept. 21, 1956
THE CASH BOX DISK OF THE WEEK
For the millions of Elvis Presley fans who couldn’t afford his LP and EP’s but desperately wanted a few of the selections, RCA Victor is making available in single form, 14 sides from the amazing lad’s packaged disks. The seven platters display the versatile star, on slow and fast numbers, rock ’n’ roll and country numbers, and even a Rodgers and Hart song, “Blue Moon”. It won’t be at all surprising if as many as a half dozen hit the best seller lists. And the way this kid is selling records, it’s possible that all 14 will make it. The seven-record set is a sensational release for juke box operators. Each disk is sure to be a solid money-maker.1
Fourteen tunes, formerly available on Presley’s LP’s or EP’s, now available on seven singles, within reach of any kid with 89 cents.
- RCA Victor Deejay digest Vol. 3, No. 39 Release #56-38 Sept. 21, 1956 ↩