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Member	Item		Review/Comment
LaurenceD SUBS 3rd May 2024		78 RPM Slim Gaillard Quartette - Drei Six Cents / Minuet In Vout (1946)	Added alternate labels which credit Oscar Bradley on drums.
LaurenceD SUBS 9th Apr 2024		78 RPM Castle Jazz Band - Loveless Love / Sweet Georgia Brown (1949)	International Musician (July 1949): "the Castle label was owned cooperatively by the members of the Castle Jazz Band"
LaurenceD SUBS 3rd Mar 2024		78 RPM Pete Peterson With Scott Seely Trio - Kimebo-Kimebo / Even The Angels Cried (1952)	Found one bit of info in International Musician Feb 1952 p.23: More Recording Companies Sign (Supplementary list of recording and transcription companies that have signed contracts since publication of the list in November 1951) ... Locada Records, 5540 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif.
LaurenceD SUBS 13th Jan 2024		78 RPM Arthur C. Rich - Jackie, The Son Of A Hardboiled Cop / (We're Gonna) Kick The Japs In The Axis (1942)	The 1942 date is an estimate based on the b-side copyright. I have no information on this release or the label, but the "Jackie" poem appeared in various publications in the 1930s and '40s.
LaurenceD SUBS 7th Jan 2024		78 RPM Louisiana Five - Rainy Day Blues / My Rose Of Palestine (1919)	Label: 3 3/4" or 89mm Ring: ~5/8" or 16-17 mm
LaurenceD SUBS 22nd Dec 2023		78 RPM Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians - Fo Fum Fi Fee / New Happy Birthday Song (1949)	I changed this from 8" to 7", as that is the size of my copy.
LaurenceD SUBS 30th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Louisiana Boys - Every Man A King / Follow Long (The Louisiana Song)	This was released in the USA on Bluebird B-5840, ca. 1935. How a pairing of Huey Long campaign songs was issued in India is beyond me.
LaurenceD SUBS 15th Sep 2023		78 RPM Steve Miller's Four Barons - Mixed Fruit / Rainy Weather Blues (1949)	I don't know anything about this Steve Miller, but: - Billboard reports that this group performed at the Powelton Cafe in Philadelphia in 1947 - Sammy Alexander and Ernie Ambrister were also members of the Five Barons, who recorded "Fine As Wine"
LaurenceD SUBS 10th Aug 2023		78 RPM Freddie Slack - Mr. Five By Five / The Thrill Is Gone (1942)	Added another variant b-side label { 3352308 }; the a-side is identical to { 1652982 }
LaurenceD SUBS 14th Jul 2023		78 RPM Old Drury Light Opera Company - Great Moments From Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas (1944)	I have only the cover, no discs. The entire contents can be viewed at archive.org
LaurenceD SUBS 4th Jul 2023		78 RPM Luke Jones - Shufflin' Boogie / Blues At Midnight (1952)	"Shufflin' Boogie" also released on Atlas LJ-122 (AT-162) (this sounds like the same recording to me)
LaurenceD SUBS 28th Jun 2023		78 RPM Gene Krupa - Alreet / Georgia On My Mind (1941)	These would be from Anita's first recording session with Krupa's band.
LaurenceD SUBS 28th Jun 2023		78 RPM Gene Krupa - Hamtramck / Wire Brush Stomp (1941)	Added scan of improved b-side label, with acknowledgement to xiphophilos
LaurenceD SUBS 16th Jun 2023		78 RPM Kenny Baker - Hymns Of Praise Volume Two	I provided scans from the cover; do not have the discs.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th Jun 2023		78 RPM Charlie Barnet - Cherokee / (Stay Up "Stan") The All Night Record Man (1939)	The b-side refers to Stan Shaw at WNEW in NYC. His shift (the "Milkman’s Matinee") was 2AM - 7AM.
LaurenceD SUBS 18th May 2023		78 RPM Louis Armstrong - Chinatown, My Chinatown / Star Dust (1932)	My copy is pressed on blue shellac.
LaurenceD SUBS 19th Apr 2023		78 RPM The Cotton Pickers - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Got To Cool My Doggies Now (1922)	Added new label scans; not great, but somewhat better...
LaurenceD SUBS 11th Apr 2023		78 RPM Ruth Etting - I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me) / Don't Leave Me, Daddy (1928)	A side is a different song from "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Baer, Lewis, Young) on Columbia 692-D (1926)
LaurenceD SUBS 7th Apr 2023		78 RPM Boyd Raeburn - Innovations (1946)	Also in the Aug 28 Down Beat issue: article p.6 Raeburn Split As Handy And Stars Walk Out: Raeburn’s Boyd Cage is again buzzing with unrest, with several key men already out of the band and more ready to leave. Not rumor but fact this time was the departure of George Handy. Also out were Ray Linn, trumpet; Jackie Mills, drums; Dodo Marmarosa, piano; Harry Babasin, bass; and singer David Allyn. Said Raeburn: “Some left to take better jobs, some because I didn’t like the way they played. Some wanted to tell me how I should run the band. They forget that no musician is so important that he can’t be replaced.” Internal dissension isn't new to the Raeburn band. His first outfit, which came out of Chicago, busted wide open because of two strong factions within the band. Later Johnny Bothwell, his star sideman, walked out with loud repercussions. Handy, who has tangled with Boyd before, was thoroughly disgusted with everything connected with the band, including some of the leader’s managerial associates. ...
LaurenceD SUBS 3rd Apr 2023		78 RPM Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You / I'll Get By (1944)	Added scans from the CR2 album. Original pressings would tend to have the labels with the 136 East 42nd Street address.
LaurenceD SUBS 24th Mar 2023		78 RPM Harry (The Hipster) Gibson - Boogie Woogie in Blue (1944)	The cover is kinda tattered, no spine. And the second disc is missing. Better than nothing, I reckon.
LaurenceD SUBS 9th Mar 2023		78 RPM Nan Blakstone - Private Collection	I have the three discs, but not the album cover (which can be seen here)
LaurenceD SUBS 18th Feb 2023		78 RPM Josef Marais And His Bushveld Band - Songs Of The South African Veld (1946)	Added scans from the inside and back of the cover, somewhat damaged. I only possess the cover, no discs.
LaurenceD SUBS 13th Feb 2023		78 RPM Robert Clary - Johnny Get Your Girl / Put Your Shoes On Lucy (1949)	I have entered the sides as indicated by the labels; although the advert is pushing "Put Your Shoes On Lucy".
LaurenceD SUBS 31st Jan 2023		78 RPM "Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - Cash For Your Trash / That Gets It, Mr. Joe (1942)	Added another b-side label with a different co-composer. I'm guessing that the correct attribution would be J. C. Johnson rather than James P. Johnson, since Waller is known to have collaborated with J. C. on some songs; although Waller was also a pupil of James P. Johnson in his early years.
LaurenceD SUBS 23rd Jan 2023		78 RPM "Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - Fat And Greasy / At Twilight (1940)	[YouTube Video]
LaurenceD SUBS 16th Nov 2022		78 RPM Bunny Berigan - Hits By Bunny Berigan (1941)	Added labels from: "The Imperial Record Co., New York" As I understand it, the first handful of Elite pressings were released by Imperial, before Eli Oberstein moved Elite over to The Classic Record Co. [Exactly right. Your labels have now been moved up. Mod.]
LaurenceD SUBS 6th Aug 2022		78 RPM Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1) / Saturday Night Fish Fry (Concluded) (1949)	Added alternate b-side scan (3048873); the a-side label of this pressing is identical to the scan 1149785
LaurenceD SUBS 5th Jun 2022		78 RPM Richard Josè - Silver Threads Among The Gold / When You And I Were Young, Maggie (1930)	A good biography of Richard Josè by Tim Gracyk here Includes some information about this record
LaurenceD SUBS 5th Jun 2022		78 RPM Richard Josè - Silver Threads Among The Gold / When You And I Were Young, Maggie (1930)	[YouTube Video]

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