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Researchers don't know these records exist because they never hit the catalog, but those that have spotted them don't know that nobody else knows. In 1958, RCA Victor released fifteen identical regional albums, each promoting a local TV DJ. Titled \"TV Record Hop,\" this seemingly innocuous compilation album generated no hits, was not nationally promoted, and only the basic national version was included once in the national catalog before quickly disappearing when all of them were secretly deleted in less than a year, on April Fools Day. Despite the failure of the album, several of the performers went on to have reasonably successful careers. One became a hit songwriter and producer under her real name. Another kept writing and recorded on several labels. One group toured under various pseudonyms, including a disguise for a Canadian tour. This presentation pictures the details lying away in the Victor files, now at Sony, revealing fascinating details about interlocking performers, 45 EPs, and the end of the 78 era, while tiptoeing around the payola scandals, with a wink at game shows.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eSome discographers have noted a block of 50 missing numbers in RCA Victor's LPM popular series. A chance discovery of one of the albums in this mysterious block leads to a fascinating experiment in rock and roll marketing that baffled the company and went wrong in so many ways. Researchers don't know these records exist because they never hit the catalog, but those that have spotted them don't know that nobody else knows. In 1958, RCA Victor released fifteen identical regional albums, each promoting a local TV DJ. Titled \"TV Record Hop,\" this seemingly innocuous compilation album generated no hits, was not nationally promoted, and only the basic national version was included once in the national catalog before quickly disappearing when all of them were secretly deleted in less than a year, on April Fools Day. Despite the failure of the album, several of the performers went on to have reasonably successful careers. One became a hit songwriter and producer under her real name. Another kept writing and recorded on several labels. One group toured under various pseudonyms, including a disguise for a Canadian tour. This presentation pictures the details lying away in the Victor files, now at Sony, revealing fascinating details about interlocking performers, 45 EPs, and the end of the 78 era, while tiptoeing around the payola scandals, with a wink at game shows.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/119/116/small/ARSC_conf_2021_Biel_video_thmb.jpg?1675453269","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1510/collection_resources/46060/file/119116","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - ARSC_conf_2021_Biel_video.mp4"]},"duration":3526.61333,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/119/116/small/ARSC_conf_2021_Biel_video_thmb.jpg?1675453269","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1510/collection_resources/46060/file/119116/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1510/collection_resources/46060/file/119116/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/119/116/original/ARSC_conf_2021_Biel_video.mp4?1625664330","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":3526.61333,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1510/collection_resources/46060/file/119116","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}