In 1960, RCA and a number of major record labels had introduced the compact 33 single in an attempt to create a one-speed format market. It was a move that many within the industry had thought would take two to five years for the market sales to switch from the 45s to the compact 33s. With a shortage of inexpensive automatic 33-speed singles players to discourage promotion of the compact 33 and the majority, of 3,000 discount stores cutting their prices of the 45 RPM from ninety-eight cents to seventy-seven cents, by 1961 the “concept of the” compact 33 as an industry standard was no more.1
The Compact 33 was released in two formats, the Compact 33 single and the Compact 33 double. The Compact 33 double generally contained four tracks whereas the single contained two tracks like their 45 RPM counterpart. The RCA LPC prefix series, which likely means (by my own assertion) Long-Play Compact 33 is an example of the Compact 33 double format.
| Mfg. | Catalog | Artist | Selection | Price Range | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCA | LPC-100 | Artie Shaw | The King of the Clarinet | 3 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-101 | Glenn Miller | Serenade | 7 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-102 | Tommy Dorsey | Tommy Dorsey Originals | 11 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-103 | Sons of the Pioneers | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-104 | Henry Mancini | Henry Mancini Showcase | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-105 | Neil Sedaka | Neil's Best | 14 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-106 | Frankie Carle | The Golden Touch | 8 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-107 | Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler | Old Timer's Night at the Pops | 11 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-108 | 1961 | |||
| RCA | LPC-109 | Perry Como | Till the End of Time | 7 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-110 | The Three Suns | Twilight Time | 3 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-111 | Della Reese | And Now Presenting Della Reese | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-112 | Ames Brothers | The Ames Brothers Sing the Best of the Bands | 11 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-113 | Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy | Favorites | 7 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-114 | Perez Prado | Big Hits by Prado | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-115 | Eddy Arnold | Sings Them Again | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-116 | Hank Locklin | Hank Locklin's Greatest Hits | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-117 | Mario Lanza | The Student Prince | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-118 | Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band | Morton Gould Plays Sousa | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-119 | Buddy Morrow | Night Train | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-120 | George Beverly Shea | Inspirational Songs | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-121 | The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Russell Bennett | Suite From The Score Composed By Richard Rodgers Victory At Sea Vol. I | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-122 | Brother Dave Gardner | Rejoice, Dear Hearts! (Highlights) | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-123 | Elvis Presley | Love Me | n/a | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-124 | Chet Atkins | Chet Atkins Plays Great Movie Themes | 12 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-125 | Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler | The Skaters Waltz | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-126 | Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke Sings | 15 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-127 | Harry Belefonte | Belefonte at Carnegie Hall (Highlights) | 12 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-128 | Elvis Presley | Elvis By Request | 15 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-129 | Otto Preminger | Otto Preminger Presents Exodus Original Sound Track From The Film Exodus by Ernest Gold | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-130 | Henry Mancini | Mr. Lucky Goes Latin | 1961 | |
| RCA | LPC-131 | 1961 | |||
| RCA | LPC-132 | The Limeliters | Tonight: In Person | 12 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-133 | Jim Reeves | The Blizzard and other Tall Tales | 13 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-134 | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound / Last Date | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-135 | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | 10 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-136 | Nino C Rota | La Dolce Vita | 18 | 1961 |
| RCA | LPC-137 | 1961 | |||
| RCA | LPC-138 | 1961 | |||
| RCA | LPC-139 | 1961 | |||
| RCA | LPC-140 | Perry Como (Canadian Release) | Sing To Me Mr. C. | 1961 |
Note: LPC-123 by Elvis Presley was to apparently contain four tracks. Side 1 Love me and Hound Dog and Side 2 Don’t Be Cruel and Jailhouse Rock. (source) As far as I know, no copies exist.
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