RECORDS
Rca Maximillion Series was An intermittent series of three-track EPs, issued between 1971 and 1979. The first four records in the RCA Maxi Millions series was released on the 11th of June; subsequent records were expected to emerge in batches of three or four on a quarterly basis. As it turned out, issues weren't quite that regular, but Maxi Millions did tend to appear in batches, which were presumably easier to market. The tracks were all well-known hits, apart from those on RCA-2655 - the three recordings by various artists on that EP were not hits in the U.K. and seem to have been aimed at the Soul market. Catalogue numbers were taken from RCA's main series. Many of the records were re-pressed at different times, with differences in the typeface; one was reissued with a different number. Maxi Million seems to have been shelved briefly as a label in the Summer of 1976, as four three-track EPs which would have fitted well into the series were issued on the standard RCA label; the artists involved were Charlie Pride, Glenn Miller, Dolly Parton, and Jefferson Airplane. It was dusted down in the Autumn of that year, however, and made a couple more appearances before vanishing. Only one kind of label was used, the standard RCA one with an 'overprint' in the middle, but there were two different kinds of sleeve - the second seems to have been used on releases from 1975 onwards. Usually RCA's 7" records were pressed by CBS in the first half of the '70s, but for some reason they seem to have often pressed at least some of the first dozen Maximillion EPs themselves. Things to look out for on an RCA pressing from 1971 are a glossier label than usual and the 'motte' ring around the spindle hole being 25mm in diameter rather than the 32mm of the CBS pressings of that time. In addition, for singles with perforations the intentations at the pointed end of each prong are gentler on the RCA pressings than on the CBS ones, as shown below. The first picture is of a CBS product, the second of an RCA. By a happy chance the picture also gives in idea of the relative positions of the 'motte' rings: Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 71 | Reeves Jim | I Love You Because [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2092 |
| 71 | Cooke Sam | Twisting The Night Away | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2093 |
| 71 | Como Perry | Don'T Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2094 |
| 71 | Sedaka Neil | Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2095 |
| 71 | Presley Elvis | Heartbreak Hotel [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2104 |
| 71 | Jones Spike City Slickers | Cocktails For Two | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2120 |
| 71 | Moonshine | Rocking Horse Man | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2122 |
| 71 | Feliciano Jose | Light My Fire | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2123 |
| 71 | Miller Glen | Moonlight Serenade | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2124 |
| 72 | Presley Elvis | Jailhouse Rock [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2153 |
| 72 | Lanza Mario | Be My Love | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2154 |
| 72 | Belafonte Harry | Mary'S Boy Child | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2155 |
| 72 | Cramer Floyd | On The Rebound | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2255 |
| 72 | Cooke Sam | Chain Gang | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2256 |
| 72 | Gibson Don | Sea Of Heartbrak | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2258 |
| 72 | Sedaka Neil | Oh Carol [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2259 |
| 73 | Anka Paul | Diana | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2371 |
| 73 | Sinatra Nancy | Sugar Town | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2374 |
| 74 | Como Perry | Delaware | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2469 |
| 75 | Bowie David | Space Oddity | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2593 |
| 75 | Locklin Hank | Please Help Me I'M Falling | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2598 |
| 75 | Presley Elvis | Blue Moon | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2601 |
| 75 | Middle Of The Road | Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2602 |
| 75 | Como Perry | It'S Impossible | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2606 |
| 76 | Miller Glen | Moonlight Sedenade [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2644 |
| 76 | Ann Beverly | You'Ve Got Your Mind On Other Things | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2655 |
| 76 | Goodman Benny Orchestra | Stompin' At The Savoy | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2657 |
| 76 | Nilsson | Without You [Re-Issue] | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | RCA | 2733 |
| 78 | Harry Belafonte | Mary'S Boy Child | RCA MAXIMILLION SERIES | PB | 9353 |
