Word: victor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...junior varsity, also victor in its race with the Tigers and Elis, may be threatened by Penn...
Flanked by Lady Beecham, he turned up at a reception, received a 15-lb. cake from the U.S.'s RCA Victor, replied to a toast by apologizing for not having anything cutting to say ("It is only before vast audiences that I let myself...
...would be hard to croon with mush in the mouth. Ahbez took the music to Burl Ives, who quickly recorded it for Columbia. By the time Bing Crosby got it onto wax for Decca last month, and Vaughn Monroe had done a big, first-class production job for Victor, Riders was roweling hard for the top of the hit parade...
...cannot be used with both records because of the tracking error mentioned above. If an arm is designed to minimize the tracking error on a twelve-inch record, that error would be very great on a seven-inch record. Also, there is not yet any quality player for Victor records. The poor needle cartridge in Victor's player negates most of the quality advantage of the record...
...Victor and Columbia developed their systems simultaneously. Each offered its process to the other, but neither would give in, preferring to carry the battle to the field of sales. Now, as the companies maneuver with new prices and improving quality, most consumrs stand by and watch, refusing to buy what may soon be obsolete. Until an industry agreement on how these new systems should be used (such as using the Columbia system for classical records and the Victor system for popular) is reached, the present confusion will continue for both manufacturer and consumer...