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Member	Item		Review/Comment
laviolet 14th Oct 2019		78 RPM James Waynes - Junco Partner (Worthless Man) / Tryin' To Find A Girl	Here's "Tryin' to Find a Girl." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 1st Sep 2019		78 RPM The Sha-Weez - No One To Love Me / Early Sunday Morning	The Sha-Weez' sole single release is noted for its rarity and for Sugar Boy's weeping monologue on "No One To Love Me" (Big Boy Myles did the singing part). Two other tracks from the session, a cover of Guitar Slim's "Feelin' Sad" and a group original "You Made Me Love You," were first issued on a 1968 Imperial LP. All four tracks appeared with Sugar Boy's Imperial sides on a 1985 LP from EMI France as earlier noted. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Jul 2019		78 RPM The Cardinals - Shouldn't I Know / Please Don't Leave Me	Later reissued on 45 RPM. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 16th Apr 2019		78 RPM The Sha-Weez - No One To Love Me / Early Sunday Morning	Billboard review, April 4. 1953, p. 28: "Early Sunday Morning": The Sha-weez, new group on the label, come thru with a sock reading of a strong ballad, backed with a hefty beat by the ork. The group sings well and has a good commercial sound. This side could be a coin-grabber with exposure. Watch it. "No One to Love Me": The Sha-weez turn in an effective performance on this side, but the material is much weaker than the flip.
laviolet 6th Apr 2019		78 RPM Annie Laurie - Since I Fell For You / Love That Man Of Mine	In his 1992 album Goin' Back to New Orleans, Dr. John covered "Since I Fell for You" and wrote in the notes that he'd been looking for a copy of this record for 20 years. Wonder if he ever found one? "Since I Fell For You" written by Buddy Johnson (not noted on label). Recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio, 838 - 840 North Rampart Street, New Orleans. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Apr 2019		78 RPM Buddy Johnson - They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool / Since I Fell For You	"Since I Fell for You" became the standard, most notably through hit versions by Annie Laurie (1947) and Lenny Welch (1963). Vocalist on "They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool" is Arthur Prysock. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 22nd Mar 2019		78 RPM Roy Brown - Good Rocking Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama	Here's "Lolly Pop Mama" in improved sound. I saw Roy Brown's final performance at the 1981 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 14th Mar 2019		78 RPM Wee Willie Wayne - Kinfolks / Good News	See Discogs entry for label images. [YouTube Video] Picture on "Kinfolks" is incorrect; it's actually Little Willie John. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 10th Mar 2019		78 RPM Wee Willie Wayne - I Remember / Travelin' Mood	See Discogs entry for label images. Sides listed in same order as Billboard review. "I Remember": A pixieish blues lament by Wee Willie Wayne, who sings with expressive warmth and a sly beat. "Travelin' Mood": A haunting Southern blues with fine warbling by Wayne and highly effective whistling on the backing. Here's audio of both sides with 78 labels ... [YouTube Video] ... and Dr. John's version of "Travelin' Mood" from In the Right Place. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Mar 2019		78 RPM James Waynes - Junco Partner (Worthless Man) / Tryin' To Find A Girl	BMI lists Bob Shad as writer of both sides. "('Junco Partner' is) a New Orleans classic ... the rhythm was even known as the 'jailbird beat.'" --Mac Rebennack, In his notes to Dr. John's Gumbo (1972). [YouTube Video]
laviolet 12th Feb 2019		78 RPM Roy "Bald Head" Byrd - Rockin' With Fes / Gone So Long	Billboard, May 31, 1952, p. 36 "Rockin' with Fes": Nice effort by the singer on this rockin' item, with the ork punching away thruout. Side is not outstanding, however. "Gone So Long": Boogie blues, with a fne beat and a lot of good piano is sung pleasantly by Byrd. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Jan 2019		78 RPM Fats Domino - Korea Blues / Every Night About This Time	Uploaded Billboard ad from September 23, 1950, which lists the sides in reverse order from the following month's ad. I don't like the bugle either. The Domino records with Al Young were mostly commercially successful, but poorly produced.
laviolet 24th Dec 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Mr. Fool / Country Boy	Happy 100th birthday to Dave Bartholomew!
laviolet 7th Dec 2018		78 RPM Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby / Black Night	The Aladdin version of "Merry Christmas Baby," recorded in New Orleans, is arguably the best of the ten (maybe more) Brown recorded. [YouTube Video] "Black Night" was first released January 1951 on Aladdin 3076. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 7th Dec 2018		78 RPM Lloyd Glenn's Combo - Christmas Sleigh Ride / Savage Boy	Discogs entry shows 78 label with "Christmas Sleigh Ride" title.
laviolet 22nd Oct 2018		78 RPM Frank Assunto And The Dukes Of Dixieland - Bourbon Street Parade / Glory Of Love	This is the Imperial version. [YouTube Video] And here's the B side "Glory of Love" with singer Betty Owens (Freddie Assunto's wife), known as "The Duchess." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 13th Aug 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair And His New Orleans Boys - Walk Your Blues Away / Prof. Longhair's Blues	See Discogs entry for label images.
laviolet 16th Jun 2018		78 RPM Joseph F. Falcon - Lafayette (Allon A Luafette) / The Waltz That Carried Me To My Grave (La Valce Qui Ma Portin D Ma Fose)	Joe Falcon (accordion, vocal) and wife Cleoma Breaux (guitar) are the only performers on the record. Contemporary advertisements show that the record was available for purchase in late August 1928. See Discogs entry for label images. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 16th Jun 2018		78 RPM Elise Deshotel And His Louisiana Rhythmaires - Le' Two Step De' Villeplatte / La Valse De Bon Baurche	See Discogs entry for label images. Personnel per notes to Ace CD The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music: Elise Deshotel (guitar), Maurice Barzas (accordion), Esther Deshotel (drums), Rodney Balfa (guitar), Atlas Fruge (steel), Dewey Balfa (vocal on "La Valse De Bon Baurche"). This is the record that prompted Floyd Soileau to begin recording the Balfa Brothers. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 2nd May 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Good Jax Boogie / Tijim	"Tijim" was recorded for Decca in 1951 as "Teejim." See 45cat entry.
laviolet 29th Apr 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Shrewsbury Blues / Earley Dawn Boogie	Here are both sides. "Shrewsbury" is a neighborhood in Jefferson Parish (county), west of New Orleans. Lyrics also refer to Kenner, a city in the same parish. Also see here for label image. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 27th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Bald Head / Hey Now Baby	Here's a comparison of "Hey Now Baby" (rendered correctly on label) with Fats Domino's "Little School Girl" (1954). [YouTube Video]
laviolet 26th Apr 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear / Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling	That's intriguing. Usually errors like that point clearly to bootlegs, but stranger things have happened. Thanks for the clarification.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans / Professor Longhair's Boogie	Here's "Professor Longhair's Boogie." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair - She Ain't Got No Hair / Bye Bye Baby	Professor Longhair recorded "She Ain't Got No Hair" / "Bald Head" multiple times; I think this is the right one. (previous video no longer available) [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone	For years bios of Professor Longhair have held that "Hadacol Bounce" was withdrawn because Mercury was offended by the song's blatant commercialism. Now we know that story had it backward, as "Bounce" was added to the record as a Hadacol tie-in. Two years later Hadacol was defunct, collapsing under massive debt and government pressure. For a history of Hadacol, see here and here.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Her Mind Is Gone / Oh! Well	See discussion on linked release; this record is now confirmed as the first issue of Mercury 8184.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone	Thanks, fixbutte. The coupling with "Oh Well" should then be dated to July. I've submitted a correction and added the Billboard review to that entry.
laviolet 31st Mar 2018		78 RPM Smiley Lewis - The Bells Are Ringing / Lillie Mae	Imperial ad in Billboard issue of July 5, 1952 features "Lillie Mae." Two months later, "The Bells Are Ringing" is listed as the #10 best selling R&B record. (BB Sept. 6, 1952, p. 65) [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 24th Mar 2018		78 RPM Smiley Lewis - Bee's Boogie / My Baby Was Right	Imperial matrix numbers IM-274 ("Bee's Boogie") and IM-276 ("My Baby Was Right") Can't find label images; assuming writer Smiley Lewis was credited as "O. Lemon" as on contemporaneous releases. [He was, in fact, credited as S. Lewis. Now fixed. Mod.] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]

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