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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Fokeman 29th Oct 2015		78 RPM Ken Griffin - Walkin' To Missouri / You Belong To Me (1952)	A bit of tweaking to the A side label...
Fokeman 29th Oct 2015		78 RPM V.P. Vinogradov - The Mountain Ash / A Hawk Flew Into The Sky (1946)	I don't know why they added the a and the b after TRC 20. They only did this in the past to show that they were different sides from the previous issue of the same catalogue number, viz TRC 1 which had three different issues with different sides accompanying the B side which was "The Internationale".
Fokeman 29th Oct 2015		78 RPM Jack Elliott - The Streets Of Laredo / The Boll Weevil (1957)	As with other late issue Topic 78s, this was issued on 3 different labels. First one while Topic was still under the auspices of the WMA; second when Topic became independent from them financially with Topic showing as small text at top of label; and finally with the new blue label as the third issue.
Fokeman 28th Oct 2015		78 RPM Bob De Cormier And Pete Seeger - Dark As A Dungeon / Talking Union Blues (1956)	There were in fact 3 issues of this record. The first when in 1956 Topic was still under the auspices of the WMA - The Workers Music Association; the second when Topic became a record company in its own right; and the third when Topic Record Company issued the 78 on the new blue label. The first issue is the only issue with the glaring "Pete Seegar" typo...
Fokeman 28th Oct 2015		78 RPM Bob De Cormier And Pete Seeger - Dark As A Dungeon / Talking Union Blues (1956)	... only a year later!
Fokeman 11th Aug 2015		78 RPM William Starr - Medley Of Jigs / Medley Of Hornpipes (1948)	I have exactly the same disc but with William Starr as Will Starr. I'll scan the labels later.
Fokeman 5th Jul 2015		78 RPM The Bushwhackers - Click Go The Shears / Botany Bay (1956)	With Brian Loughlin on side 1 and with Harry Kay on side 2
Fokeman 4th Jul 2015		78 RPM The Bushwhackers - Drover's Dream / Bullockies' Ball (1956)	Strictly the group were "The Bushwhackers". Alan Scott was a member but he was not more of a star than anyone else particularly. See other 78rpm records on Wattle by "The Bushwhackers" and you will see they used the person who actually sang as the person in small print. But "The Who" were "The Who" whether it was Roger or Pete, or indeed John who was singing the song. Thus it was with "The Bushwhackers".
Fokeman 9th Feb 2015		78 RPM Alex Eaton - The Colliers' Rant / The Row Between The Cages (1957)	What a super note to put on this record, Felix. That is exactly what this website is all about! Priceless!
Fokeman 30th Nov 2014		78 RPM The Islesburgh House Country Dance Band - Skinbow Selection / Da Hens' March Ower D Midden	A Johnson Recording - presumably a "Peerie" Willie Johnson Recording. Willie Johnson plays guitar on the B side with Tom Anderson on Violin (fiddle).
Fokeman 4th Sep 2014		78 RPM Bob De Cormier And Pete Seeger - Dark As A Dungeon / Talking Union Blues (1956)	I'll put the red & white label up soon...
Fokeman 17th Aug 2014		78 RPM The Bushwhackers - Drover's Dream / Bullockies' Ball (1956)	Also available with plain yellow label. This actually sold in pretty large numbers (more than 10,000) and was a big 78 hit for the Bushwhackers.
Fokeman 4th Aug 2014		78 RPM George Lewis And His New Orleans Music - Willie The Weeper / Mama Don't Allow It (1954)	Sometimes track on B side is known as "Mama Don't Allow" (see linked release on Tempo). It was also recorded by the City Ramblers Skiffle Group as "Mama Don't Allow" although when it was written, supposedly by Cow Cow Davenport, he called it "Mama Don't Allow It".
Fokeman 4th Aug 2014		78 RPM Lonnie Donegan - Sal's Got A Sugar Lip / Chesapeake Bay (1959)	A side Lonnie Donegan with his Skiffle Group B side Lonnie Donegan with Ian Menzies and his Clyde Valley Stompers
Fokeman 4th Aug 2014		78 RPM Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group - Putting On The Style / Gamblin' Man (1957)	My copy is pressed on vinyl. Is everyone's copy of this on vinyl or are some still on shellac?
Fokeman 9th Jul 2014		78 RPM Dixieland Thumpers - Sock That Thing / Oriental Man (1949)	I also have a copy on Shellac
Fokeman 25th May 2014		78 RPM Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Barnyard Blues / At The Jass Band Ball (1950)	Later issue added, note the increase in tax from one issue to another...
Fokeman 25th May 2014		78 RPM King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues / Froggie Moore (1949)	Obviously a later issue of this early Jazz Collector 78. Original was red with different address. I'll put the original up later...
Fokeman 7th May 2014		78 RPM Paul Robeson - Joe Hill / John Brown's Body (1956)	I've been prepared to travel, haggle and bid. It's been my main focus for 20 years. If anyone has any other Topic 78s it would be great to get help in completing the collection. I work closely with Topic records and lent them many records for the 70th anniversary 7cd book set. I've also taken them into Cecil Sharp House and helped the EFDSS complete their digital collection. Every record fair I go to, I ask specifically for them. It's a fairly thankless task though. They are somewhat thin on the ground out there...
Fokeman 7th May 2014		78 RPM Paul Robeson - Joe Hill / John Brown's Body (1956)	A very late issue - note the company name change at the top of the label
Fokeman 5th May 2014		78 RPM Patrick Galvin - She Moved Through The Fair / The Bonny Boy (1953)	Both sides accompanied by Al Jeffery on guitar.
Fokeman 5th May 2014		78 RPM Patrick Galvin - The Women Are Worse Than The Men / Whisky In The Jar (1954)	Even Thin Lizzy spelled the same song as "Whisky In The Jar"
Fokeman 22nd Feb 2014		78 RPM Peggy Seeger - Pretty Little Baby / Child Of God (1958)	Last record issued by Topic on the 78rpm medium. Still shellac despite having experimented with using vinyl on TRC 24.
Fokeman 20th Feb 2014		78 RPM King Oliver And Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp / Tom Cat Blues (1950)	Recorded in Chicago, late 1924. King Oliver (cornet), & Jelly Roll Morton (piano) both sides
Fokeman 20th Feb 2014		78 RPM King Oliver's Memphis Jazzers - In Harlem's Araby / Close Fit Blues (1950)	Side 1 recorded in September 1929, Side 2 recorded in early 1929
Fokeman 18th Feb 2014		78 RPM Jack Elliott - The Streets Of Laredo / The Boll Weevil (1957)	Later issue scan added dating from circa 1958
Fokeman 27th Jan 2014		78 RPM The Centenary Choir - The Internationale / The Red Flag (1949)	Later issue with Topic Record Company on label and different position for catalogue number.
Fokeman 27th Jan 2014		78 RPM The Centenary Choir - Partisan Song / England Arise (1949)	A side was conducted by the founder of the WMA, Alan Bush. Quite unusually, this is pressed on fairly flexible vinyl rather than the heavy-duty brittle shellac one might expect from the era in which it was pressed.
Fokeman 27th Jan 2014		78 RPM Paul Robeson - Our Song Will Go On (The Peekskill Story) / Our Song Will Go On (The Peekskill Story) (1950)	Second (much later) issue added with Weevers misspelled and new company name. Also new position for catalogue number...
Fokeman 27th Jan 2014		78 RPM Paul Robeson - Our Song Will Go On (The Peekskill Story) / Our Song Will Go On (The Peekskill Story) (1950)	Produced in England by permission of "People's Artists, Inc. Produced for the Daily Worker newspaper - A communist newspaper operating out of New York City.

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