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laviolet 7th Dec 2018		78 RPM Lloyd Glenn's Combo - Christmas Sleigh Ride / Savage Boy (1951)	Discogs entry shows 78 label with "Christmas Sleigh Ride" title.
laviolet 22nd Oct 2018		78 RPM Frank Assunto And The Dukes Of Dixieland - Bourbon Street Parade / Glory Of Love (1951)	This is the Imperial version. [YouTube Video] And here's the B side "Glory of Love" with singer Betty Owens (Freddie Assunto's wife), known as "The Duchess." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 13th Aug 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair And His New Orleans Boys - Walk Your Blues Away / Prof. Longhair's Blues (1950)	See Discogs entry for label images.
laviolet 16th Jun 2018		78 RPM Joseph F. Falcon - Lafayette (Allon A Luafette) / The Waltz That Carried Me To My Grave (La Valce Qui Ma Portin D Ma Fose) (1928)	Joe Falcon (accordion, vocal) and wife Cleoma Breaux (guitar) are the only performers on the record. Contemporary advertisements show that the record was available for purchase in late August 1928. See Discogs entry for label images. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 16th Jun 2018		78 RPM Elise Deshotel And His Louisiana Rhythmaires - Le' Two Step De' Villeplatte / La Valse De Bon Baurche (1951)	See Discogs entry for label images. Personnel per notes to Ace CD The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music: Elise Deshotel (guitar), Maurice Barzas (accordion), Esther Deshotel (drums), Rodney Balfa (guitar), Atlas Fruge (steel), Dewey Balfa (vocal on "La Valse De Bon Baurche"). This is the record that prompted Floyd Soileau to begin recording the Balfa Brothers. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 2nd May 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Good Jax Boogie / Tijim (1949)	"Tijim" was recorded for Decca in 1951 as "Teejim." See 45cat entry.
laviolet 29th Apr 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Shrewsbury Blues / Earley Dawn Boogie (1950)	Here are both sides. "Shrewsbury" is a neighborhood in Jefferson Parish (county), west of New Orleans. Lyrics also refer to Kenner, a city in the same parish. Also see here for label image. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 27th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Bald Head / Hey Now Baby (1950)	Here's a comparison of "Hey Now Baby" (rendered correctly on label) with Fats Domino's "Little School Girl" (1954). [YouTube Video]
laviolet 26th Apr 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear / Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling (1952)	That's intriguing. Usually errors like that point clearly to bootlegs, but stranger things have happened. Thanks for the clarification.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans / Professor Longhair's Boogie (1949)	Here's "Professor Longhair's Boogie." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Professor Longhair - She Ain't Got No Hair / Bye Bye Baby (1949)	Professor Longhair recorded "She Ain't Got No Hair" / "Bald Head" multiple times; I think this is the right one. (previous video no longer available) [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone (1950)	For years bios of Professor Longhair have held that "Hadacol Bounce" was withdrawn because Mercury was offended by the song's blatant commercialism. Now we know that story had it backward, as "Bounce" was added to the record as a Hadacol tie-in. Two years later Hadacol was defunct, collapsing under massive debt and government pressure. For a history of Hadacol, see here and here.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Her Mind Is Gone / Oh! Well (1950)	See discussion on linked release; this record is now confirmed as the first issue of Mercury 8184.
laviolet 18th Apr 2018		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone (1950)	Thanks, fixbutte. The coupling with "Oh Well" should then be dated to July. I've submitted a correction and added the Billboard review to that entry.
laviolet 31st Mar 2018		78 RPM Smiley Lewis - The Bells Are Ringing / Lillie Mae (1952)	Imperial ad in Billboard issue of July 5, 1952 features "Lillie Mae." Two months later, "The Bells Are Ringing" is listed as the #10 best selling R&B record. (BB Sept. 6, 1952, p. 65) [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 24th Mar 2018		78 RPM Smiley Lewis - Bee's Boogie / My Baby Was Right (1951)	Imperial matrix numbers IM-274 ("Bee's Boogie") and IM-276 ("My Baby Was Right") Can't find label images; assuming writer Smiley Lewis was credited as "O. Lemon" as on contemporaneous releases. [He was, in fact, credited as S. Lewis. Now fixed. Mod.] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 24th Mar 2018		78 RPM Fats Domino - Don't You Lie To Me / Sometimes I Wonder (1951)	Billboard ad (May 5, 1951, p. 34) shows "Sometimes I Wonder" as the featured side.
laviolet 11th Mar 2018		78 RPM Jewel King - 3 X 7 = 21 / Don't Marry Too Soon (1949)	Here are both sides. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 11th Mar 2018		78 RPM Fats Domino - Hey! La Bas Boogie / Brand New Baby (1950)	Posted Imperial ad from Billboard, July 15, 1950, page 52. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 11th Mar 2018		78 RPM Fats Domino - Little Bee / Boogie Woogie Baby (1950)	Billboard review, April 29, 1950, p. 31 "Little Bee": Warbler has a highly effective delivery; combo plays with fine beat; material is novel and persuasive--a standup side in all resperts. "Boogie Woogie Baby": Jump boogie with short vocal bits swings hard.
laviolet 7th Mar 2018		78 RPM Archibald - Stack-A' Lee Part I / Stack-A' Lee Part II (1950)	Billboard review, April 29, 1950, p. 30: "A magnificent blues record. The story, steeped in old folk lore, is sung from the heart by a standout warbler, backed by a compact, clean combo led by soulful 88'ing. Hits with a haunting impact that could be as commercial as it is artistic."
laviolet 4th Mar 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear / Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling (1952)	The 45 referenced by slholzer is clearly a boot; mistitling of both sides is a dead giveaway. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 23rd Feb 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Good Jax Boogie / Tijim (1949)	This was a promotional record for Jax Beer, a popular brand in New Orleans until the brewery closed in 1974. (The building is now a festival mall.) No A-side writer is shown; song is registered to Bartholomew in BMI but mistitled "Good Tax Boogie." Release date is approximate. See Discogs entry for B-side image. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 17th Feb 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up / Wish I Had Never (1954)	Billboard review, October 2, 1954 "Jam Up": A spanking beat sparks the band in a toe-tapping instrumental. Could serve as good juke filler material. "Wish I Had Never": Chanter mourns an ill-fated romance in this routine blues.
laviolet 6th Feb 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up / Wish I Had Never (1954)	Interesting ... two reviews of the same record, published the same day, with opposite sides listed first. If nothing else, this shows that reliance on the first listed side to identify the A side can be dicey. Thanks, all. "Jam Up" is Ridgley's most compiled track, remarkably because it's his only record where he doesn't sing. He never had any big national hits but made some fine records for Herald and Ric and remained a popular entertainer in New Orleans throughout his professional life.
laviolet 5th Feb 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up / Wish I Had Never (1954)	I posted this with "Jam Up" as the A side and someone flipped the sides. The Cash Box issue of October 2, 1954 reviews the record with "Wish I Had Never" listed first, which doesn't necessarily mean it was the side Atlantic was promoting. An Atlantic ad in Billboard (January 29, 1955) mentions "Jam Up," although this was about three months after release. Does anyone have any evidence of which side was being pushed? By the way, the 45cat entry still shows "Jam Up" as the A side.
laviolet 5th Feb 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up / Wish I Had Never (1954)	Here are both sides: [YouTube Video]
laviolet 5th Feb 2018		78 RPM Tommy Ridgley - Boogie Woogie Mama / Lonely Man Blues (1950)	Billboard review, June 3, 1950, p. 111 "Boogie Woogie Mama": Warbler does well enough on an ordinary shout boogie with jump combo backing "Lonely Man Blues": Ridgley gets conviction in a slow blues. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 30th Dec 2017		78 RPM Lloyd Glenn's Combo - Christmas Sleigh Ride / Savage Boy (1951)	The images of the Swing Time 78 show "Sleigh Ride" as the title. In its review Billboard criticized the "Christmas Sleigh Ride" title; was it then changed? After all these years, who knows.
laviolet 28th Dec 2017		78 RPM Charles Brown With Johnny Moore's Blazers - Merry Christmas Baby / Sleigh Ride (1954)	"Merry Christmas, Baby" originally released November 1947 on Exclusive 254, credited to Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. (Billboard, November 8, 1947, p. 33) "Sleigh Ride" originally released December 1951 on Swing Time 271 as "Christmas Sleigh Ride." (Billboard, December 15, 1951, p. 33)

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