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Member	Item		Review/Comment
xiphophilos 5th May 2024		78 RPM Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio - Carolina Moon / Maui Chimes	The labels are a mix of Bridgeport and Oakland pressings. The Bridgeport pressings use a smaller, sans-serif typeface for their song titles than the Oakland pressings, called 10-point Gothic Condensed No. 1. Oakland, CA pressings show song titles set in a serif font, 12 point Century Expanded. Velvet Tone labels show the same characteristics as Columbia Viva-Tonal-style labels, as do the other two Columbia budget labels, Diva and Harmony. The earlier label design here (Han's #1) shows two patent dates: (Jan. 21, '13 and May 22, '23) and was used between February 1927 and 1928. The later ones (Han's #2) were used from 1928 to ca. August 1929 and show one patent date (Jan. 21, '13) and patent nr. RE. 16588. The color of Bob's labels is, of course, completely off. They were light-blue, like the others.
xiphophilos 5th May 2024		78 RPM Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends - (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It / I Was Wrong	The history of the "Americana" series and the reason and date for the A prefix has now been added to the series profile. LaurenceD's copy without A prefix on the A side, but the original A-prefix on the B side is from the transitional time in late October 1947, when Capitol had just dropped its letter prefixes again (starting in July 1947, they had used A for "Americana" and B for Pop) and were using up already printed older labels.
xiphophilos 5th May 2024		78 RPM Karl And Harty - Sweetest Mother / A Song For Mother	Ron's slightly different labels show the song titles in the expanded type face (Metroblack No. 2) characteristic for Los Angeles pressings. The Scranton pressings show the narrower Intertype Vogue Bold Condensed.
xiphophilos 4th May 2024		78 RPM Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - Never Trust A Woman / What It Means To Be Blue	LaurenceD, your alternative label is a Los Angeles pressing. Song titles are set in an expanded type face; the Scranton labels have a narrowly set type face.
xiphophilos 3rd May 2024		78 RPM Milo Twins - Coo See Coo / Pretty Mama Boogie	The labels without the A prefix are represses from Nov. 1947-Apr. 1948. All the variants here have song titles in the narrow typeface used by Capitol Scranton pressings.
xiphophilos 3rd May 2024		78 RPM Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - Ja-Da! (Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing) / Rainy Day Blues	Thanks again, scrough, for taking on this editing job! I've reordered the labels chronologically. I don't know if the A and B sides always belong together, of course. The labels were certainly not uploaded in this order. The older label design of the two is the one with the single line of patent text at the bottom (sub-variety ii). It was replaced by the design with two lines of unequal length (the lower one longer) (sub-variety iii) as early as January 1919 (AX). That said, we can see here that older label designs were sometimes used up for months. Thus, the two images {3553116} and {3553113} with the earliest date codes (BX = Febr. 1919) are, in fact, on the newer label design (sub-variety iii, which, as I said, was introduced as early as Jan. 1919). Images {3553109} and {3553117}, _if_ they are from the same record (but the different lighting speaks against it), would show a transitional phase: both have the two rows of patent text, but one was printed in February 1919 (BX), the back side (DX) in April 1919. Images {3553106} and {3553108} are late uses of label sub-variety ii with the single line of patent text, both with DX (April 1919) date code. This design was introduced in June 1918 (FY). The latest use I have seen has an EX date code (= May 1919), see Columbia E4236 on Discogs. The lower quality images that I have now hidden, {1034013} and {1034012}, both have the more recent label variant (subvariety iii) with DX date code (April 1919). It's fascinating to me that there is not a single actual repress among these 8 pictures, despite their variety of date codes and designs. All were printed before the record's official release in May 1919. Source, as always, M. Sherman & K. Nauck, "Note the Notes," page 28 (they date the subvariety ii to "ca. 1918)."
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Bing Crosby - Going My Way / Swinging On A Star	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Bing Crosby - Going My Way / Swinging On A Star	B side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Tex Ritter - I Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail / Don't Make Me Sorry	Another record originally released as an "Americana" series release with A-prefix. Available for listening on archive.org: A side mpeg B side mpeg
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Merle Travis - Fat Gal / Merle's Boogie Woogie	Switched image order. The original release had the A-prefix, which was used until September 1947. Represses without the A prefix, but still with the series name "Americana" are from between October 1947 to April 1948. After that, the "Americana" logo was dropped.
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - He's A Real Gone Guy / Let Me Love You Tonight	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - He's A Real Gone Guy / Let Me Love You Tonight	Both sides (Scranton pressings): [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 2nd May 2024		78 RPM Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - He's A Real Gone Guy / Let Me Love You Tonight	historyofcountrymusic, would you please add a photo of your A side as well? It can't be a complete match of the A side here, because your image shows the title set in the expanded type face used for Los Angeles pressings, whereas the other two images are Scranton pressings. My guess is, your A side looks like this one.
xiphophilos 1st May 2024		78 RPM Danny Kuaana And His Islanders - He Manao No'u Ia Oe (I'm Thinking Of You) / Beautiful Carnation	Capitol used two-digit prefix numbers only in 1949, so that narrows down the release year.
xiphophilos 1st May 2024		78 RPM Wesley Tuttle And His Texas Stars - Mail Order Mama / Until Dawn	A clear example that Billboard's Advance Record Releases can sometimes lag far behind actual release dates: Billboard had already reviewed Wesley Tuttle's "Mail Order Mama" a week before it finally listed the record as forthcoming soon.
xiphophilos 30th Apr 2024		78 RPM Royal Serbian Tambouritza Orchestra - Moonlight In Greenwood / Jugoslav Mazurka	Yes, AX (= January 1919) would definitely work. Columbia Gold Band label with "Grafonola" in the logo, six patents in one long line (sub-variety ii) and label printing date code FY (June 1918) to CX (= March 1919); cf. M. Sherman & K. Nauck, "Note the Notes," page 28 (who date this to "ca. 1918"). (Note: CX is the latest code I've seen on this label, but the earliest code appearing on the next design is already AX = Jan. 1919).
xiphophilos 30th Apr 2024		78 RPM Royal Serbian Tambouritza Orchestra - Moonlight In Greenwood / Jugoslav Mazurka	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 30th Apr 2024		78 RPM Royal Serbian Tambouritza Orchestra - Moonlight In Greenwood / Jugoslav Mazurka	Is that a label printing date code of JX (= Oct. 1919) to the right of the spindle hole?
xiphophilos 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Dinah Washington - I Wanna Be Loved / Love With Misery	Thanks, Keith! I was hoping someone who knows more than me about this label would chime in. My question is, is there any way to attribute these different label styles to certain plants? For example, did the former Keynote plant in Los Angeles continue to use typical Keynote typefaces?
xiphophilos 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Max Bloch - Muss I Denn Zum Städtle Hinaus / Der Wirtin Töchterlein	I've struggled with these labels too. Gold is difficult to scan anyway, and there's not enough contrast between the light green labels and the golden letters.
xiphophilos 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Max Bloch - Muss I Denn Zum Städtle Hinaus / Der Wirtin Töchterlein	The A song is a very popular traditional Suebian folk song that was adapted and published in 1827 by Friedrich Silcher, an important figure in the revival of German folk songs. From then one, it spread all over Germany and even internationally (the first English translation is from 1856). Since it's a farewell song, it was frequently played at the departure of troops to the front in both World Wars. The B side is a song set to a sentimental ballad from 1809 (published 1813) by German poet Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) (source with English translation): Der Wirtin Töchterlein Es zogen drei Bursche wohl über den Rhein, Bei einer Frau Wirtin, da kehrten sie ein: »Frau Wirtin, hat Sie gut Bier und Wein? Wo hat Sie Ihr schönes Töchterlein?« – »Mein Bier und Wein ist frisch und klar, Mein Töchterlein liegt auf der Totenbahr'.« Und als sie traten zur Kammer hinein, Da lag sie in einem schwarzen Schrein. Der erste, der schlug den Schleier zurück Und schaute sie an mit traurigem Blick: »Ach, lebtest du noch, du schöne Maid! Ich würde dich lieben von dieser Zeit.« Der zweite deckte den Schleier zu Und kehrte sich ab und weinte dazu: »Ach, dass du liegst auf der Totenbahr'! Ich hab' dich geliebet so manches Jahr.« Der dritte hub ihn wieder sogleich Und küsste sie an den Mund so bleich: »Dich liebt' ich immer, dich lieb' ich noch heut' Und werde dich lieben in Ewigkeit.«
xiphophilos 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Dinah Washington - I Wanna Be Loved / Love With Misery	Thanks, Ed! Now we have both variants of the stylized Mercury head for this record. Variant 1 shows the helmeted head without shading and lists the company name as "Mercury Record Corp. Chicago Illinois USA." In contrast, the Mercury head on Variant 2 throws a shade on its left side, and the bottom of the label says "Mercury Record Corp. Chicago Illinois Made in USA." There are other layout and typeface differences as well. For example, your version lists the publisher and rights societies and the track duration on both sides. Both must be products of different pressing plants.
xiphophilos 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Paul Johnson - A Tale Of A Ticker / The Return Of The Gay Caballero	It hasn't kept me awake, but it's sure good to know.;-)
xiphophilos 25th Apr 2024		78 RPM Harry James - Stomp And Whistle / Ya' Better Stop	I've moved up your undamaged label, Ed.
xiphophilos 25th Apr 2024		78 RPM Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford And The Pied Pipers - Candy / I'm Gonna See My Baby	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 25th Apr 2024		78 RPM Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford And The Pied Pipers - Candy / I'm Gonna See My Baby	Image {1116116} is the only label with a dotted "i" in the Capitol label name. That also happens to be Capitol's earliest label style, the Label 42: 1942-1944 label with Capitol dome logo extending below the word Capitol, see Label 42 at https://www.friktech.com/btls/capitol/capitollabels.pdf The type face points to a Los Angeles pressing. Images {1132190} and {1132191} are Scranton represses on the 1945-1946 label with Capitol dome logo no longer extending below the word Capitol, see Label 45 at https://www.friktech.com/btls/capitol/capitollabels.pdf
xiphophilos 22nd Apr 2024		78 RPM Sonny Terry - Worried Man Blues / Leavin' Blues	This was probably one of the last Capitol Americana releases with A-prefix.
xiphophilos 21st Apr 2024		78 RPM Jack Smith With The Clark Sisters - Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) / Don't You Love Me Anymore	Originally released as B-465
xiphophilos 21st Apr 2024		78 RPM The Pied Pipers - The Lady From 29 Palms / I Have But One Heart	Capitol added a B-prefix to its pop releases between July and October 1947, and a A-prefix to its Capitol Americana series. The earliest B-prefixes I have seen so far are B437 and B438 (both July 1947). Here are a bunch from August and September 1947: B450, B451, B452, B453, B454 and B455. Starting with B-461, Capitol added a hyphen between prefix and catalog number. The last B-prefix release may be B-466 (late September 1947). Capitol seems to have dropped the prefix idea pretty quickly and repressed these releases without letter prefixes.
xiphophilos 21st Apr 2024		78 RPM Columbia Band - Directorate March / Star Spangled Banner	That Standard Disc variant is a repress from ca. 1910-1911. In 1912, the address changed to Dearborn & Harrison Sts.

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