Talk:Al Goodman

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Al Goodman was a conductor that recorded a number of records for RCA Victor in the middle to late 1940s and possibly into the 1950s. Most of his 78 rpm records were issued as "albums" which looked like books and generally consisted of multiple singles. The albums had a "K" prefix, whereas popular was "P".

With the introduction of the 45 rpm record by RCA Victor in March of 1949 RCA Victor reissued thousands of it's 78 rpm records in the new format. Al Goodman's records were reissued as 45 box sets with a prefix of "WK" on blue vinyl. When RCA Victor introduced the 45 rpm record it "color coded" the vinyl which didn't catch. For example, country western was green, rhythm and blues was orangish red, classical was bright red and popular was black.

In 1943 Victor introduced its two digit prefixes for record numbers as it was running out of numbers by its old numbering system. The "52" prefix was almost exclusively for Al Goodman 45 rpm records except two original cast Broadway shows and one box set for Russ Case.

Below is a list of known Al Goodman's 45 box sets.

WK	1	The Red Mill WK	5	Selections From "Blossom Time" WK	6	Sweethearts WK	8	The Student Prince WK	12	The Desert Song WK	15	Rose Marie WK	16	The New Moon WK	17	Selections from The Vagabond King WK	18	Roger & Hammerstein's South Pacific WK	19	Miss Liberty WK	20	Selections from Roberta WK	21	The Chocolate Soldier WK	22	Naughty Marietta WK	23	Mikado WK	24	HMS Pinafore WK	26	Jerome Kern Melodies WK	27	Guys and Dolls WK	29	Strauss Waltzes

Many of the missing early numbers were issued as 78 rpm "K" series but RCA did not choose to reissue them with the advent of the 45 rpm record. --Global Dog Productions 03:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)