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Comment by mister_tmg:

It makes more sense if this was amongst a batch of old recordings being issued in 1950.

You reminded me of “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White” / “When I Grow Too Old To Dream”. The Vera Lynn discography by Tony Middleton lists those matrix numbers as unissued, with accompaniment by Roland Shaw. Yet the above record is on eBay now, and I can see that the 78 has those same matrix numbers as in the discography. The accompaniment on the 78 is by Woolf Phillips, who accompanied those same songs on the Vera Lynn Concert album at around the same time that the matrix numbers date from. It therefore seems likely that the masters used for this 78 were just taken from the live album, perhaps faded out before the applause. Woolf Phillips didn’t usually back Vera for her studio recordings, but did for that LP. It would be nice if Vera had made studio recordings of those two songs, but I doubt it was the case. I’d be interested to hear how the recordings were edited for the 78.

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Comment by xiphophilos:

This is definitely not the only Danish Vera Lynn release. There were at least 14, and the record here was part of a release of six older hits that were issued together in 1950. We just don't have enough Danish members here that collect Vera Lynn records:

Decca F 7300 (date 1939?): Vera Lynn With Arthur Young on the Novachord: "A Mother's Prayer At Twilight / Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye)"

Decca F 9159 (1948): Vera Lynn with Robert Farnon And His Orchestra: "The Good-Night Waltz (Based On Auld Lang Syne) / This Perfect Day"

Decca F 44101 (1950): "The Bells Of St. Mary's / When The Lights Go On Again"

Decca F 44102 (1950): the entry here.

Decca F 44103 (1950): "Concerto For Two (A Love Song) / You Can't Be True, Dear"

Decca F 9442 (1950): Vera Lynn, Bob Farnon And His Orchestra – "On The Outgoing Tide / Love Finds A Way"

Decca F 9817 (Jan. 1952): "Cry / And Love Was Born"

Decca F 9927 (1952): Vera Lynn With Soldiers And Airmen of H.M. Forces, Accompaniment Directed By Roland Shaw –" Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart / From The Time You Say Goodbye"

Decca F 40632 (1952): Vera Lynn, Soldiers And Airmen Of Her Majesty's Forces – "The Homing Waltz / When Swallows Say Goodbye"

Decca F 10029 (1953): "Vera Lynn Sings"

Decca F 10164 (1953): "Vera Lynn Popular Medley"

Decca F 10463 (1955): Vera Lynn With The Johnston Brothers & The Roland Shaw Orchestra – "Addio Amore / I Do"

Decca F 40702 (1955?): "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White / When I Grow Too Old To Dream"

Decca F 44327 (1956): "A House With Love In It / Walk Hand In Hand"

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Comment by mister_tmg:

What’s odder is that it appears to be her only Danish release, although there could be others we don’t have listed here yet.

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Comment by TheJudge:

Could be because Denmark was under Nazi occupation by the time of the original release and so would not have been available there at that time. Just a thought...

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Comment by mister_tmg:

Still seems odd - the recordings would have sounded quite old by 1950. I think some of Vera’s recordings were issued more than once on 78, but not years later?

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Comment by xiphophilos:

These are 1941 and 1942 recordings, which is why this had originally been listed as 1942. The catalog number shows that this date was obviously wrong, but 1954 was off too. The same record was issued in Sweden in 1950 per smdb, and that seems a likely date for this Danish record as well.

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Comment by mister_tmg:

Seems a bit odd to issue this over ten years after it had been recorded?