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Auction History Result 3d002 KING KONG 16 2/3 RPM promotional record '33 jungle noises for radio use, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1933 Promotional 16 2/3 RPM Vinyl Record (measures 12" x 12" [30 x 30 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a really wonderful and no doubt incredibly rare 16 2/3 RPM vinyl record created when this movie was first released in 1933. It is single-sided, typical of promotional records that were sent to radio stations. We don't have a way to play it, but it has "KING KONG JUNGLE NOISES" stamped on the label, along with "SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON ENVELOPE". Printed on the label (not stamped) is information about RKO and the "RCA Photophone System". Etched into the record itself is "COPYRIGHT 1933" and "RKO 74548-1 KING KONG PUBLICITY RECORD". The record is in its original blank paper sleeve, but the original envelope is no longer present. We would have to think that very few, if any, of this record survives.
UPDATED 12/12/2016: Note that a vinyl record expert tell us that this record is almost surely 16 2/3 RPM as records intended for use by radio stations at the time were only this way. Also, he mentions that "if you examine the needle track on this King Kong, it is recorded to play from the inside to out, opposite of what we are used to for commercial records in general, and this is typical of special radio and other publicity use records." Please keep this in mind as it is almost certain that a special turntable will be required to play this record. Condition: very good. We have no way to play the record, but it appears to be in nice condition (see our images). The paper sleeve has darkening around the edges and some tiny paper loss at the opening area, but it is blank. Learn More about condition grades 
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