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fixbutte 2nd Nov 2020		78 RPM Slim Green [blues] - Baby I Love You / Tricky Woman Blues (1948)	Decca's Slim Green is also on YouTube, and though his records were released in the Race Series, they are more jazz than blues indeed.
fixbutte 2nd Nov 2020		78 RPM Slim Green [blues] - Baby I Love You / Tricky Woman Blues (1948)	You're right, Mike Gann. Although I doubt that the Slim Green who recorded for Decca in 1935 and 1936 was actually a "jazz singer and guitarist" as they say on Discogs, he cannot be the artist here because he had died before mid-1938, as Shorty Bob Parker certified in his song "Death Of Slim Green", recorded on 6 June 1938.
fixbutte 30th Oct 2020		78 RPM Skip James - I'm So Glad / Special Rider Blues (1931)	If you own this record here as you say you do, SteveG11, could you please upload the real label image? The image that you have added is the same as on Rate Your Music, uploaded by myself in May 2019. I had found it on the now defunct paramount78.com site that informed on their homepage that Quote: Many of the labels are original, however many are not available any more, lost or gone forever. In these instances, our graphics team has created a copy of what it might have looked like, solely for demonstration purposes. So I guessed that this label here was "probably artificially produced", but thought it "will do until a real label image will appear" and, with this comment, uploaded it on RYM anyway. As the record is very scarce (I haven't seen an image anywhere), I wonder if you have actually found an original Paramount copy. N.B. The image on Discogs, uploaded "about 1 year ago" is apparently the same as on RYM.
fixbutte 26th Oct 2020		78 RPM Joe Medlin - Bewildered / I'm Glad For Your Sake—But I'm Sorry For Mine (1948)	Both sides can be heard now on YouTube and definitely do not have the Tab Smith orchestra accompaniment (trumpets, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) listed as "probably" on jazzdisco.org. Instead I hear a xylophone or glockenspiel and an electric guitar besides the featured vocal trio, The Three Riffs (Eddie Parton, Joel McGhee and Bunny Walker). [YouTube Video]
fixbutte 26th Oct 2020		78 RPM Joe Medlin - Bewildered / I'm Glad For Your Sake—But I'm Sorry For Mine (1948)	Uploaded record label shows that the Jazz Discography Project website was not correct in indicating the song title as "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". In fact it was just "Bewildered", as originally entered here (and meanwhile corrected on jazzdisco.org as well). The uploaded clipping from the Billboard Dec 4, 1948 issue also shows that Atlantic first viewed this cover of the Red Miller Trio's record on Bullet 295 as the top side. Obviously it was a rush release, put on the market only a few days after its recording on Nov 23, 1948 and advertised in the same Billboard issue as the Bullet record (which could at least argue "Why wait for substitutes - Get the one and only original"). The Atlantic single was pressed so hastily that they didn't take the time to check the composer credits which are missing on the record label. The song was actually written already in 1936 by Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup and was a hit in 1938 for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
fixbutte 20th Oct 2020		78 RPM Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes / Am I Making The Same Mistake Again? (1950)	New A- and B-side label scans uploaded, all others with their typically blurred red JPEG colors (including my own previous images) hidden.
fixbutte 20th Oct 2020		78 RPM Ruth Brown - I'll Get Along Somehow / Rocking Blues (1949)	Mike Gann, your uploaded A-side label is wrong here, it belongs to the second issue of Atlantic 887, see notes: "I'll Get Along Somehow Part 1" b/w "I'll Get Along Somehow Part 2". I have hidden it for the moment (there is already an image on the second issue) and added the correct A-side label for this issue here.
fixbutte 13th Oct 2020		78 RPM Vess L. Ossman - Buffalo Rag / Barnyard Serenade (1910)	mduval32323's quote is from the correction queue (I hope he doesn't mind). I just wanted to clarify why his correction had to be rejected, and I did it in the comments because it may be of general interest (another mod had already approved the correction).
fixbutte 13th Oct 2020		78 RPM Vess L. Ossman - Buffalo Rag / Barnyard Serenade (1910)	@mduval32323 I've corrected the release back to November 1910 according to the release date given in DAHR, which you find impossible because "the entire Columbia 167xx catalog series was 1911 releases and this was the 79th one in that series", so it was more likely April 1911 or just 1911. Anyway the Talking Machine World issue of November 1910 already shows non-consecutive Victor numbers up to 16833 (including 16789), so your premise is disproved,
fixbutte 13th Oct 2020		78 RPM Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys - Lovesick Blues / Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door) (1949)	@xiphophilos The label set with two stars on each side of the MGM lion also refers to the "Metrolite Non-Breakable" material, described here as follows: Quote: Metrolite is an odd material. It's like a halfway point between shellac and vinyl. But whoever decided that it was "non-breakable" obviously never dropped one! I would describe it as "slightly less breakable" from shellac. Metrolite was started in 1949, see here. As we can see from the label images on the database, it was first used exclusively for promo copies, and only from October 1949 on Metrolite pressings were noted on stock copy labels. So you're right anyway and the label set with the stars belongs to a later pressing from October 1949 or after. I haven't found an album set though in which this record might have been placed. Moanin' The Blues, from September 1952 (see here), contained "Lovesick Blues" (on MGM 30636) but not "Never Again". A label image of MGM 30636-B, complete with the Metrolite note and the four stars, can be found there.
fixbutte 13th Oct 2020		78 RPM Sid Harkreader - I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again / New River Train (1927)	Vocalion 5000, the first record in the series, was Vernon Dalhart's "The Miami Storm" / "Kinnie Wagner's Surrender". Both sides were recorded on September 28, 1926, so we can assume that it was released in October or November 1926. Unfortunately, the Talking Machine World October 1926 issue does not list any new Vocalion releases to prove that. The November 1926 issue, however, notes Vocalion 5006, by Uncle Dave Macon, on the "List for November 18". See also here: Country music was also a major area of recording activity from 1927, and both Vocalion and Brunswick had specific series devoted to what was then known as hillbilly music. In the Brunswick "Dixie" series featured artists included Vernon Dalhart, AI Hopkins, McFarland and Gardner, Uncle Dave Macon, "Dock" Boggs, Dyke's Magic City Trio, Buell Kazee, Frank and James McCravy among others. The Vocalion 5000 series featured Uncle Dave Macon, Am Stewart, Sid Harkreader, George Reneau, Charlie Oaks, Vernon Dalhart, Sam McGee and other pioneering performers.
fixbutte 13th Oct 2020		78 RPM Sid Harkreader - I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again / New River Train (1927)	@mduval32323 This is a reissue of Vocalion 15035 which was released in (November) 1925 (not in the database yet). This also what Praguefrank says. As the whole 5000 country series didn't start before the end of 1926, a 1927 release of Vocalion 5063 is not "highly improbable".
fixbutte 12th Oct 2020		78 RPM Gene Autry - Mexicali Rose / You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) (1938)	Thanks, LaurenceD, I have moved up your label scans because they belong to a pressing from 1938 or early 1939 whereas the other set of labels with the re-recorded B-side ("LA 1849") comes from a copy that was not released before May 1939.
fixbutte 10th Oct 2020		78 RPM Darby And Tarlton - Down In Florida On A Hog / Birmingham Town (1927)	Label images uploaded which actually don't show composer credits, so I have deleted them (A: Tarlton, B: Darby, Tarlton) here.
fixbutte 8th Oct 2020		78 RPM Darby And Tarlton - Down In Florida On A Hog / Birmingham Town (1927)	Moving thebluesneverdie's Notes from 2014 to the comments where they belong: Quote: Their first record of many until 1933/34. Tom Darby had a duo afterwards called “The Georgia Wildcats”. Jimmy Tarlton made some solo records, retired, then made a comeback in 1963 at 71. Tom played guitar and sang, Jimmie played lap-slide and harmonised. In fact, Tarlton did not only harmonise but had the solo vocal (and yodeling) on several recordings of the duo. I have not seen the labels of this record yet, so I left the composer credits as they were entered here although other Darby and Tarlton records don't have composer credits on their labels.
fixbutte 11th Sep 2020		78 RPM Ernie Freeman Combo - Jivin' Around Pt.1 / Jivin' Around Pt.2 (1955)	At this time (in 1955) Cash had definitely the "AA" side as the top side and the "A" side as the flip side, like e.g. the King and Federal labels. This would change in 1957, see Cash 1047 where "Part 1" is on the "A" side whereas "Part 2" is on "AA".
fixbutte 6th Aug 2020		78 RPM Lefty Frizzell - Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) / Treasure Untold (1951)	@Apes Ville I have created an own entry for the album and moved your images there: H-15 This entry here was meant for the individual record 20840, the label images of which are still here.
fixbutte 31st Jul 2020		78 RPM Eddie Gray - You've Got What I've Been Looking For / Ukelele Blues (1924)	@Mike Gann: corrected the B-side title which has the "ukelele" (not "ukulele") spelling and added the composer names (same as on the A-side) who strangely remind me of a currently leading British politician ;-) The original Black Swan issue is here, with A/B sides flipped: http://www.valueyourmusic.com/items/153309898726-eddie-gray-black-swan-2020-v-1921-78-ukelele-blues-you-ve-got-listen
fixbutte 13th Jul 2020		78 RPM Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo / The Mooche (1933)	I guess (but don't know) that the accurate 27 Dec 1933 date comes from The Victor Black Label Discography – 22000, 23000, 24000, V‐38000, V‐38500 and V‐40000 Series by John R. Bolig who uses "data shown as they appear in the ledgers" of Victor. Although the last volume with the Victor 25000, 26000, 27000 Series is available online, the older ones aren't.
fixbutte 13th Jul 2020		78 RPM Willie Love And His Three Aces - Little Car Blues / Take It Easy Baby (1951)	Willie Love made his first recordings for the Trumpet label accompanying Sonny Boy Williamson II on piano at Sonny Boy's first sessions on January 4 and March 12, 1951 in Jackson, Mississippi. These two sides here came from Love's first session with his own group, His Three Aces, on April 7, 1951 which took place at Scott Radio Service in Jackson as well. As the additionally uploaded label ads show, the record was not released in September 1951 when it was reviewed in Billboard (and as it was entered here) but already in July, and against the order of matrix numbers "Little Car Blues" was the advertised top side. The label's claims in the August ad ("The Hottest Record in Memphis", "Hot in New Orleans, Atlanta, all the South and Chicago") are hard to prove, but "Little Car Blues" actually became a regional R&B hit in Atlanta (Cash Box, Sep 8, 1951 page 17: #1 Hot in Atlanta).
fixbutte 9th Jul 2020		78 RPM Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Mansions For Me / Mother's Only Sleeping (1948)	The blog seems to be dead since 2013, and Willem Agenant's 1996 book may exist as an electronic resource but not available for us as far as I see, so we still like to know how to find the quoted information.
fixbutte 6th Jul 2020		78 RPM Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - True Life Blues / Footprints In The Snow (1948)	I understand that you are right but before I'll approve your correction, I ask again: From where do you have the information, apparently copied and pasted from somewhere?
fixbutte 6th Jul 2020		78 RPM Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Rocky Road Blues / Kentucky Waltz (1948)	I have approved your correction for the date of this record here but we still like to know where your quote re Columbia 20000 series comes from.
fixbutte 6th Jul 2020		78 RPM Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Rocky Road Blues / Kentucky Waltz (1948)	As your quote on 20002 explains, this record belongs to those 425 hillbilly records issued in the 35000 series before they were renumbered as 20001 to 20425 by the first of May 1948. However, as my comments on 20393 show, not all 425 renumbered records were physically issued on 1 May 1948, although I guess this date will be appropriate for this record here with one of the lowest numbers of the series.
fixbutte 6th Jul 2020		78 RPM Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight / Texas Playboy Rag (1948)	See my general comments on Columbia's 20000 hillbilly series on 20393, including several dates of Columbia ads for new records in the series. There should be a better place somewhere to collect this kind of information.
fixbutte 27th Jun 2020		78 RPM Joe Lee Williams - Over Hauling Blues / Whistling Pines (1953)	Joe Lee Williams, Delta blues singer and guitarist, is better known as Big Joe Williams. After many recordings for Bluebird and Columbia in the 1930s and '40s, he recorded eight sides for the Trumpet label in 1951, these two among them. As the mentions in the trade magazines suggest, this record was released only in mid-1953 though. From Trumpet Records (2004) by Marc Ryan, page 140: "... artists like Big Joe Williams were not selling to the degree they had a few years earlier. Big Joe's "Over Hauling Blues"/ "Whistling Pines" (Trumpet 169) received a favorable review in the June 20, 1953, issue of Cashbox, but sold poorly." Captions (from msbluestrail.org): Whistling Pines was Big Joe Williams’ pronunciation of Whispering Pines, a legendary Crawford roadhouse. Williams recorded the first of his several versions of this song for Trumpet Records in Jackson in 1951. Trumpet first advertised his “12 String” guitar, but corrected that to “9 String” on other releases.
fixbutte 26th Jun 2020		78 RPM Sonny Boy Williamson [II] - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues / Pontiac Blues (1951)	As the uploaded labels show, cat# 145 is actually correct for this one. Interestingly, there is not only the Trumpet ad with the wrong cat# 125 ("Get On The Santa Claus Blues Train With Sonny Boy Williamson") on page 74 of the Billboard Dec 1, 1951 issue but also a second label ad with four "Trumpet Hits", one of them this record with the accurate cat# (both now uploaded). The review on page 116 of the same issue gives the correct cat# as well but lists "Pontiac Blues" as the top side, which is also rated slightly better there.
fixbutte 25th Jun 2020		78 RPM Sonny Boy Williamson [II] - Nine Below Zero / Mighty Long Time (1953)	Both sides were recorded on December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS. Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck "Rice" Miller) on vocals and harmonica was accompanied by a full band credited as "His House Rockers" on other records, here consisting of Willie Love on piano, Elmore James and Joe Willie Wilkins on guitars, Cliff Givens on vocal bass and Joe Dyson on drums. Because of the recording date and the undoubted 1952 release of another single from the same session with a higher Trumpet cat#, "Stop Now Baby" / "Mr. Down Child" (No. 168, Aug 1952), this one is generally listed as a 1952 single as well, for example in Martin C. Strong's The Great Rock Discography (April 1952). It wasn't so, however, as stated by my friend on RYM, jaybird69, already ten years ago: Here's a shocker...the release date. I don't doubt the discographer (Martin Strong cited in RYM corrections history) cites an Apr 1952 release, but historical documentation suggests otherwise. I know both sides were recorded Dec 4, 1951. Feb 1953 (yes, 1953...I did a double-take, too) issues of The Billboard indicate that was the release date. On page 45 of Feb 7 is a label ad citing this a "new release." On page 40 of Feb 21 this was reviewed and placed in the "New Records To Watch" section. Only Nine Below Zero was therein reviewed, concluding with "Some action has already been reported on this one." On page 76 of Feb 28 both sides were reviewed (and different wording than that on Feb 21), and on page 99 of this same issue is another label ad with glamorous hype for this "terrific new release." In the Mar 21, 1953 issue on page 40 strong sales made this a "best buy" with Nine below Zero the touted side. My conclusion is historical periodicals trump a discographer writing decades later.
fixbutte 24th Jun 2020		78 RPM "Sonny Boy" Williamson - She Brought Life Back To The Dead / Gettin' Out Of Town (1954)	The usual delay between the release of a record and its review in the trade magazines in the early 1950s suggests a July 1954 release for this one which was reviewed in the August 7, 1954 issue of Billboard. Strangely, it was reviewed another month later in Cash Box. Anyway, Trumpet no. 215 came out several months after no. 216.
fixbutte 24th Jun 2020		78 RPM "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Going In Your Direction / Red Hot Kisses (1954)	More mystery in the Trumpet numerology: catalog no. 216 came out three months before no. 215 (both were singles by Sonny Boy Williamson [II]). As the uploaded Trumpet ad and the Billboard review show, this one had the side with the higher matrix number as the top side ("A" side). I have flipped sides accordingly.

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