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Member	Record		Comment / Review
W.B.lbl 4 hours ago		Benny Goodman A: Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jibe B: Texas Tea Party	Some 50 years before Men At Work had a minor hit with another song whose title was similar to this A side.
xiphophilos 4 hours ago		Nat "King" Cole A: Come Closer To Me B: Nothing In The World	This does not seem to be a British release. It doesn't list EMI at the top, for example, and it features a large inner pressing ring. It looks very different, e.g., from Capitol CL. 14899.
DeweyGill SUBS 5 hours ago		Arthur Godfrey A: Slap 'er Down, Agin, Paw B: I'd Give A Million Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)	@ edlongus: I have had to eliminate many songs from my playlists as the years have gone by. Any song from the 20’s that uses the term “darkies” of which there are many, like “Mississippi Mud” . People used to take in consideration that these terms were not considered derogatory when the records were made. Other titles are more obvious- “Get Cannibal” -Joe Haymes (mx 73032-1), Tommy Dorsey- If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon” (what were they thinking there? It was 1940 already), Clarence Williams “You’re Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old” . These do illustrate how far we’ve developed as a society, and I’ve never thought such history should be erased as it serves as a reminder of our cultural development. Even as recent as the 1960’s, we had songs like “Dumb Head” by Ginny Arnell, Jack Jones’ “Wives And Lovers”and plenty of teeners and country records that put women in a subservient role. Others from the ‘50’s like Jimmy McCracklin’s “Get Tough” and Sugarboy Crawford’s ”Watch Her Whip Her” seemed to promote spousal abuse.
rodhanson824 7 hours ago		Benny Goodman A: Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jibe B: Texas Tea Party	Set of images
rodhanson824 8 hours ago		Paul Whiteman A: Choo - Choo Ben Selvin B: Sing Another Chorus Please	Set of images
DeweyGill SUBS 8 hours ago		Joan Hager A: I Feel Like Cryin' B: Teardrops Won't Stop Falling	Joan gets the Patti Page multi- track vocal treatment on the top side. “Vocal by: Joan Hager Joan Hager Joan Hager” Scant information on this singer except that she was based in Nashville during her recording career. Shortly after this release, she was granted a divorce, her husband stating her music career ruined the marriage. They were married In Kentucky sometime in the late 1940’s. I found no death notice or obituary, so there is a chance she is still living. Her daughter died recently at 72, that 2023 obit states she was survived by her mother. Maiden name Bell (?). Joan was a rather prolific songwriter, her songs recorded by Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, others.
rodhanson824 8 hours ago		Paul Whiteman A: You're The Top B: I Get A Kick Out Of You	Set of images.
DeweyGill SUBS 8 hours ago		Eddie Heywood A: Sunny Sunday B: Love For Love	Seems to be hard to find in the 78 format
Redpunk ● 9 hours ago		Sergei Rachmaninoff A: Prelude In C Sharp Minor - Op. 3 No, 2 B: Spinning Song - Op.67, No. 4	Added label scans.
DeweyGill SUBS 9 hours ago		Sarah Vaughan A: Make Yourself Comfortable B: Idle Gossip	Added YW prefix. Sorry to mess everyone up…
Redpunk ● 9 hours ago		Stuart Robertson A1: Silent Worship B1: There Is A Lady B2: Bring Us In Good Ale	Added sleeve with record ad.
scrough ● 11 hours ago		John McCormack A: Nearer, My God To Thee	The previous catalogue number 4-2373, also recorded by McCormack at Camden on the same day (1 May 1913), was issued in the October 1913 HMV New Records supplement page 4. Other recordings with similar catalogue numbers were also issued towards the end of 1913. However I can't find any of the main annual catalogues for subsequent years (1914,1915) listing 4-2374. Two members claim to own this record, so we can't say that it exists only in documents, and was never issued. So this remains a mystery. But long before Bolig, John Bennett lists this record in his 1955 Voices Of The Past Volume 1.
Leedon 12 hours ago		Johnny Hodges A: Pyramid B: Empty Ballroom Blues	Images Added.
xiphophilos 12 hours ago		Wiley Walker And Gene Sullivan A: Forgive Me B: Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend	This October 8, 1945 release seems to be the earliest release on a October 1945 to October 1947 CBS label with two lines of patent text under COLUMBIA, listing patent 1702564, cf. M. Sherman & K. Nauck, "Note the Notes," page 9 and https://www.friktech.com/labels/ColumbiaLabelography.pdf Some lower catalog numbers bear the same label style, but were released later: Marek Weber on Columbia 36863 - 36866 (= Columbia album C 109) in January 1946 and Harry James on Columbia 36867 and Frank Sinatra on Columbia 36868 on October 22, 1945. Gene Krupa on Columbia 36862 also appeared on October 8, 1945 but still exists with the older CBS label that has 3 lines of patent text.
JLC135 13 hours ago		Sonora Chapel Choir A: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, The Church's One Foundation B: Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory, Onward Christian Soldiers	It's better to add the album as a separate item.
78-Ron 16 hours ago		Wilf Carter (The Yodelling Cowboy) A: Sway Back Pinto Pete B: Lovers Lullaby Yodel	Label variation added
edlongus SUBS 17 hours ago		Arthur Godfrey A: Slap 'er Down, Agin, Paw B: I'd Give A Million Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)	I'm sorry DeweyGill that someone ruined the fun 4 the rest of us. I personally hate 'political correctness'!! I learned of this record 40+ years ago from the Dr. Demento Show, and I have 2 78 RPM copies. Now, I understand when some records just have 2 disappear ("Indian Giver" by the 1910 Fruitgum Co. and "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" by Julie Brown come 2 my mind), but "Slap 'er Down, Agin, Paw" is just plain funny, AND I love singing along with this record!! ...Getting off my soapbox again... ☺
Leedon 20 hours ago		Edmond Hall Blue Note Jazzmen A: Night Shift Blues B: Royal Garden Blues	Alternate Labels Added.
DeweyGill SUBS 20 hours ago		Arthur Godfrey A: Slap 'er Down, Agin, Paw B: I'd Give A Million Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)	Over the 43 years that I’ve hosted a radio show, this was a listener favorite. At least it was for the first few decades. Over the last dozen years or so, I’ve played it much less frequently, being wary of the PC crowd , maybe once a year or two. People were missing the social satire of it. I dug it out again about 18 months ago, as I had a request for it. This time an angry listener complained loudly to the station manager, and in turn I was told to never play it again (and apologize!). No one has a sense of humor any more. Sheesh! Slapped down again.
Leedon 20 hours ago		Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazzmen A: Memphis Blues B: Shine	Images Added.
Mike Gann 25th Jul 2024		John McCormack A: Nearer, My God To Thee	4LuvOfDeals is correct. This was released on Victor 64345 in the USA in March 1914. The source is John Bolig's Victor Red Seal Discography.
edlongus SUBS 25th Jul 2024		Camille Howard And Her Boy Friends A: Money Blues (If You Ain't Got No Money, I Ain't Got No Use For You) B: Easy	Both sides: [YouTube Video]
whitewhale1965 25th Jul 2024		Sonora Chapel Choir A: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, The Church's One Foundation B: Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory, Onward Christian Soldiers	This is the first disc of a 4 record album titled "Faith Of Our Fathers" - Favorite Hymns. cat#MS 484. Catalogue numbers run from 1140 to 1143. I would like to turn this page into a full album page, or be advised on the next step.
78-Ron 25th Jul 2024		The Carter Family A: When The World's On Fire B: When The Springtime Comes Again	Label variation added
4LuvOfDeals 25th Jul 2024		John McCormack A: Nearer, My God To Thee	The date is wrong. The 1st pressing is on a Victor Bat wing, which didn't come out until 1914. I have this record.
Mike Gann 25th Jul 2024		Bob Effros A: Sweet And Hot B: Tin - Ear	Track order reversed
dewey70 25th Jul 2024		Sister Rosetta Tharpe A: I'm So Glad B: Sing And Shout	Is there an explanation for why Decca was using so many different label designs at once by this time?
DeweyGill SUBS 25th Jul 2024		Sister Rosetta Tharpe And Marie Knight With The Sam Price Trio A: Look Away In The Heavenly Land Sister Rosetta Tharpe And Marie Knight B: Stand The Storm	Both uptempo, Price, piano, presumably Tharpe electric guitar (sounds like her), bass (?) drums, unknown organ added side B
rodhanson824 25th Jul 2024		Benny Goodman A: Basin Street Blues B: Beale Street Blues	Uploaded set of images.
DeweyGill SUBS 24th Jul 2024		The Rockers A: Down In The Bottom B: Why Don't You Believe	Apparently The Rockers vocal group led by Art Lassiter and backed by Ike Turner’s band

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