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Spalding Baseball Recordings By Yogi Berra
and Alvin Dark Premium 78 RPM Records |
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Spalding
Premium Record "How to
Hit" by Yogi Berra |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1956
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MANUFACTURER
- Rainbo Records
for Spalding
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SPEED -
78 RPM
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SIZE
- 5.5" x
5.5"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $20.00 - $50.00
Excellent -
Near Mint Condition
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In 1956 Spalding gave away 2 free
baseball 78 RPM Flexi-records with a
cardboard backing to promote their line
of baseball gloves. The recordings were
made available free at a local sporting
goods store just to show up to check
out the line of Spalding Gloves. The
transparent flexi record was glued to
the cardboard advertising and the glue
spots shows through.
The promotion consisted of two 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" records. "How To Hit" by
Larry "Yogi" and "How to Field" by
Alvin Dark. The record side of the Yogi
Berra card, pictures Yogi in a batting
pose. The back features the promotion
for the Spalding 1443 official Yogi
Berra catchers mitt, picturing both
Yogi in a catchers squat and the mitt.
The record side of the Alvin Dark card,
pictures Alvin Dark in a catching the
ball pose. The back features the
Spalding 1035 official Al Dark fielders
glove, picturing both Alvin Dark
reaching for a ball, and the glove.
The Spalding baseball glove promotion records are dated
to the ads appearing in 1956
newspapers, such as the one pictured
below. The manufacturing method used
to make the records was not introduced
until 1955, ruling out the previous
notion that circulated around the
internet, that the records were issued in
1954. In 1955 Rainbo Records introduced
a patented method to produce the
flexible records as the "Record-On-A-Box" for a Wheaties
promotion. Using Rainbo built and
refined equipment, the company produced
over 30 million records for Wheaties
over the next several years. The
Spalding promotions were made in 1955
by Rainbo Records so they could be
shipped out and distributed to dealers
by the start of the 1956 baseball
season.
The Yogi Berra recording can be heard at:
THE INTERNET MUSEUM OF
FLEXI/CARDBOARD/ODDITY RECORDS
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MORE PHOTOS |
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| Spalding 1443 Yogi Berra official catchers mitt promo |
Spalding Premium Record How to Field Alvin Dark |
Spalding 1035 Al Dark official fielders glove promo |
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1956 Spalding Baseball Recordings Newspaper ad
Berra tells
"How to Hit," and Al Dark, "How to
Field." These 78-rpm records, offered
by your Spalding dealer are FREE TO
YOU!
Come on down to see us before the
season starts. Get your FREE RECORD and
look over our complete line or Spalding
baseball items. We've got that
official-sized mitt or glove you want
to play better baseball. Stop in now! Our
record supply is limited |
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