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GimmeVinyl 20th Mar 2024		78 RPM Washboard Joe And His Scrubbers - Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In) / Big Ben's Banjo Band (1955)	When I was much, much younger, I clearly remember an episode of The Flintstones in which Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were singing a song with the lyrics going "Open up your heart and let the sun shine in..." This release caught my eye yesterday while skimming through the Parlophone releases of the mid to late '50s.. and I'm thinking.. nahh, it couldn't be.. Then I see the song was written in 1954 by Stewart Hamblen.. yeah, could be.. wouldn't you know it.. Hanna-Barbera Productions released a 45 rpm single in 1965... Cat # HBR 449. So, is this a skiffle group? That would be my first question.. and secondly, was this a production of the legendary George Martin?
GimmeVinyl 19th Mar 2024		78 RPM The Silhouettes - Get A Job / I Am Lonely (1958)	Well, lookie here.. an American doo-wop group on Parlophone! I wasn't expecting to see this...
GimmeVinyl 19th Mar 2024		Edison Diamond Disc Green Bros. Novelty Band - Yes! We Have No Bananas / Ritzi Mitzi (1923)	Wow.. the oldest record in my collection is now over 100 years old.
GimmeVinyl 13th Feb 2024		78 RPM Gordon MacRae And Gisele MacKenzie - My Buick, My Love And I / My Buick, My Love And I (1951)	One of the Mellomen was Thurl Ravenscroft.. yeah the guy who sang "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" as well as the voice of Frosted Flakes Tony the Tiger.
GimmeVinyl 1st Oct 2023		78 RPM The Marvellets - Please, Mr. Postman / The Wanderer (1961)	Crazy! Must be rarer than hen's teeth...
GimmeVinyl 3rd Sep 2023		78 RPM King Cole Trio - Sweet Lorraine / Embraceable You (1944)	That.. Is an awesome website, xiphophilos! Very informative! Now, I've never been to Los Angeles, but I find it ironic that the Decca studios address on Melrose was next door from the building that Capitol Records bought in '49 to become their recording studio at 5515 Melrose. I may be going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing this is when Capitol may have started using tape for recording sessions, if indeed the studio was set up with the latest in recording equipment..
GimmeVinyl 31st Aug 2023		78 RPM King Cole Trio - Sweet Lorraine / Embraceable You (1944)	My question is... Is this the same recording as Decca 8520 from 1941, or did the King Cole Trio record another version for Capitol? Not having the Decca pressing, I cannot compare the two...
GimmeVinyl 31st Aug 2023		78 RPM The King Cole Trio - I Realize Now / Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (1944)	Hmm... I'm going to have to listen to this on YouTube... I'm thinking the King Cole Trio side is the same as Capitol 169.. Of course, the first track is the B side of the Capitol 78...
GimmeVinyl 31st Aug 2023		78 RPM The King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You / I Realize Now (1944)	Ok, my friend... So, the original pressing should have the "42" style label. I have that Capitol labels.pdf downloaded on my phone.. it is an excellent reference source! However.. since this pairing was released in September of '44, it seems to be, at least to me, that the "42" label would have been relatively shortlived.. depending on when the "45" label replaced the "42"....
GimmeVinyl 31st Aug 2023		78 RPM The King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You / I Realize Now (1944)	Question, W.B.lbl... if the Scranton Record Co. pressed Capitol releases going back to the beginning in 1942, were they using the anvil mark on the deadwax since the beginning? Or was this something added after the sale to Capitol? There seems to be some confusion whether this pairing is a repress or not...
GimmeVinyl 24th Jun 2023		78 RPM Garry Moore - Culture Corner (1946)	Yes, this is the "I've got a secret" Garry Moore...
GimmeVinyl 12th Feb 2023		78 RPM Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons - Sixth Avenue Express / Pine Creek (1941)	Looking for the Indianapolis 1943 repress of this to complete a second "8 To The Bar" set that I have.
GimmeVinyl 10th Feb 2023		78 RPM Paul Wynn - Noses Run In My Family / Tattooed Lady (1946)	I'm wondering if the B-side is actually "Lydia the Tattooed Lady", as made famous by Groucho Marx.
GimmeVinyl 10th Feb 2023		78 RPM Paul Wynn - Automobile Song / Shaving Cream (1946)	I have also seen notations that this record was released in 1946..
GimmeVinyl 30th Jan 2023		78 RPM Dean Martin - Go Go Go Go / Luna Mezzo Mare (1951)	I'd seen the promo 78 had sold for $100... "Go Go Go Go" is a pretty cool tune with big band backing by Dick Stabile.
GimmeVinyl 9th Dec 2022		78 RPM Gene Autry And The Pinafores - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer / If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas (1949)	Hmm... The two promotional labels. They belong with the 38610 listing, not the MJV 56 listing.
GimmeVinyl 5th Dec 2022		78 RPM Steve Gibson And The Redcaps - Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine / I'd Love To Live A Llifetime For You (1948)	These plastic releases by Mercury are certainly making me very curious... This one (from what I've seen) seems to be the first, and the last one I'd seen is from June, 1951. The 1948 pressings all say "not to be sold" .. by 1949, this seems no longer to be the case. Was this an experiment with vinyl by Mercury? We do know that all of the V-Discs, (except early Columbia pressings) were vinyl.. but given the late date of Mercury's inception in 1945, they may have been excluded from the V-Disc program. Were these vinyl Mercury pressings meant for jukebox/radio play?
GimmeVinyl 2nd Dec 2022		78 RPM Jerry Butler And The Impressions - For Your Precious Love / Sweet Was The Wine (1958)	Hmm... So this was pressed on the Falcon and Abner labels... But not a Vee Jay 78? Or perhaps no one has yet to come across one?
GimmeVinyl 17th Nov 2022		78 RPM Gene Autry - Frosty The Snow Man / When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter (1950)	Nonbreakable... 78 rpm? Are these vinyl pressings or molded in styrene?
GimmeVinyl 1st Nov 2022		78 RPM Julie London - Cry Me A River / S'Wonderful (1955)	Hard to say, about residuals that is. Bobby Troup wrote "Route 66" way back in 1946, and there must be a couple hundred covers of that tune alone... Julie started her career, in film and as a pin up girl in 1944... She didn't start recording until 1955 for Liberty, and released 32 LPs up till 1969. I don't know when Julie and Bobby met.. it was before she started recording. Julie was previously married to "Just the facts, ma'am." Jack Webb from 1947 till 1954. Bobby and Julie married in 1959, and stayed married till Bobby's death in 1999.
GimmeVinyl 28th Oct 2022		78 RPM Ray Charles - (Night Time Is) The Right Time / Tell All The World About You (1958)	And now we would like to do... A number featuring The Raylettes.. The Night Time Is The Right Time.. and Miss Margie Hendricks will help us out on vocals. The Night Time Is The Right Time. Here tis...
GimmeVinyl 26th Oct 2022		78 RPM The Supremes - Baby Love / Ask Any Girl (1964)	No freakin' way.... A Supremes 78??? I got to find one of these!!
GimmeVinyl 28th Aug 2022		78 RPM Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It / All Around The World (1956)	From what I have read, Bobby Troup (writer of the song "Route 66", as well as playing Dr. Joe Early on the series "Emergency"), not only wrote this song, but the entire film soundtrack. Bobby's future wife, Julie London, also appears in the film.
GimmeVinyl 31st Dec 2021		78 RPM Andre Williams (Mr. Rhythm) With The Don Juans - It's All Over / Bobby Jean (1956)	Thanks Wade! My first Fortune 78!!
GimmeVinyl 31st Dec 2021		78 RPM Larry Birdsong - If You Don't Want Me No More / I'm Pleading Just For You (1957)	Thanks again, Wade! My first Vee Jay 78!
GimmeVinyl 31st Dec 2021		78 RPM Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It / All Around The World (1956)	Thank you Wade Kergan at Hello Records, Lincoln Park Mi !!!! My first Little Richard 78!
GimmeVinyl 31st Dec 2021		78 RPM Sam Cooke - You Send Me / Summertime (1957)	According to Wikipedia, "Summertime" was the intended A side.. but not according to the matrix number.
GimmeVinyl 27th Dec 2021		78 RPM Tetos Demetriades - Misirlou / Melanouraki (1942)	You definitely have a excellent wealth of 78 rpm knowledge... I dub thee Guru of the sacred Shellac..
GimmeVinyl 12th Dec 2021		78 RPM Tetos Demetriades - Misirlou / Melanouraki (1942)	I've also stumbled across a cover version of this by The Cardinals... The B side of Atlantic 1054.
GimmeVinyl 12th Dec 2021		78 RPM Sam Cooke - You Send Me / Summertime (1957)	Ok xiphophilos.. went and pulled the trigger on this one.. brought it home, and cleaned it up.. it looks a little scuffed, but it plays nicely!

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