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mister_tmg 31st Jan 2023		78 RPM Johnny Gentle - Wendy / Boys And Girls (Were Meant For Each Other) (1959)	I suspect the sale price of £298 is an outlier, as the 78 has previously sold for more like £50-60. Even with a minor Beatles connection!
mister_tmg 30th Jan 2023		78 RPM Johnny Francis - The Magic Touch / The Happy Whistler (1956)	Could this be the same person as the Johnnie Francis on Decca the previous year?
mister_tmg 28th Jan 2023		78 RPM Rikki Henderson - Stay / Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1961)	Yes, that’s true. With Embassy following the latest chart hits, their releases were probably a lot more “last-minute”, being rushed out as and when required. But I’m not sure there’s any record of the exact release dates?
mister_tmg 26th Jan 2023		78 RPM Rikki Henderson - Stay / Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1961)	But both this and WB 433 were released in January 1961. The preceding 78, WB 431, also has a date of January 1961. Numerically, the Steve Stannard 78 was last. Without an exact date of release for these three issues, how do we know which one was last? Surely all three have an equal claim to being the last Embassy 78? I wonder if the lack of exact dates for Embassy singles means the company were still issuing them in monthly batches up until their demise in 1965. Other UK labels appear to have been releasing new 45s every week in the 1960s. It would be interesting to know if or when the different companies switched to weekly releases.
mister_tmg 26th Jan 2023		78 RPM Roy Edwards - From The Vine Came The Grape / I Need (1954)	From Polygon Records (UK)
mister_tmg 12th Nov 2022		78 RPM Vera Lynn - Forget-Me-Not / When Swallows Say Goodbye (1952)	The backing chorus on the A-side is apparently The Johnston Singers (some relation to The Johnston Brothers, maybe?).
mister_tmg 2nd Mar 2022		78 RPM Carroll Gibbons - Carroll Calls The Tunes (No. 27) (1943)	The last Carroll Calls The Tunes release was No. 28, recorded 25 April 1944. The first one was recorded on 6 December 1939.
mister_tmg 1st Mar 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Fox Trot Medley (1936)	An interesting one - I think the black labels were earlier than the purple variant, but I can't say for sure. This 78 was in the catalogue for over eight years. It's hard to tell if and when the label colours changed in the mid-30s.
mister_tmg 27th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 1 / Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 2 (1950)	Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying.
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Harry Roy's Tiger-Ragamuffins - Sweet Sue, Just You / Heebie Jeebies (1934)	There's a brief vocal refrain at the start of Rockin' Chair, which I assume is by Ivor Moreton. British Dance Bands on Record says that the record has the usual personnel for the Tiger Ragamuffins, with Arthur Calkin on string bass and Joe Daniels on drums. Side 1 Side 2
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM The Rhythm Rogues - Head Over Heels In Love / Harbour Lights (1937)	[YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - The Good Morning Tune Of The Butlin Holiday Camps / If You're A Butlin Buddy (You're A Pal Of Mine); We're All Friends Here (1952)	Sold for £30 in May 2015 Sold for £25 in June 2015 Sold for £20 in April 2017
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley No. 97 / Tin Pan Alley Medley No. 97 (1953)	It's interesting to compare the "Tin Pan Alley" medley titles to what actually made the contemporary charts. The NME chart had started in November 1952, and the sheet music chart had been going for some years. "Comes a-long a love" made the record and sheet music charts. "Take me in your arms and hold me" made the sheet music charts. The others didn't chart. I wonder how the titles were picked for these medleys - for this one, it suggests that they were predicting what was new and about to become a hit. Two of the titles here are a bit more obscure: "Cotton Reel" appears to be "The cotton reel" by Pat Murphy, Leslie Herbert & David Cameron, published by Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew. "Melody" could be quite a difficult title to check, but I would hazard a guess that it's the same side recorded at around that time by Victor Silvester on Columbia F.B. 3660. Edward Kassner is shown as a publisher on both labels. Rudy Sachs is the composer, I believe. Published 16 September 1952 (from the Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952, available on Google Books).
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Moreton And Kaye's Christmas Music Box / Moreton And Kaye's Christmas Music Box (1954)	Moreton and Kaye's last commercial 78. [YouTube Video] All of their UK 78s should now be listed on this site.
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 1 / Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 2 (1950)	Do you mean the video image displayed when it's not playing - Part 2? When played, the video shows both labels during the relevant sides, and the A-side (Part 1) looks the same as the one added above.
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Piano Plage / Russian Rag (1952)	[YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - That Ever Lovin' Rag / Why Worry (1952)	That Ever Lovin' Rag Why Worry
mister_tmg 25th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 1 / Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 89)–Part 2 (1950)	[YouTube Video] I can't find the Australian release for this, I would assume it was issued there?
mister_tmg 24th Feb 2022		78 RPM Harry Roy - Twelfth Street Rag / Temptation Rag (1949)	CE6118-2 Piano duettists - Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye CE6778-3 N.B. Both transfer matrices (21.2.49) of CE6118 of 28/6/38 and of CE6778 of 2/1/35 Deleted August 1953
mister_tmg 24th Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 67 / Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 67 (1945)	Part 1 Part 2
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 18 (1953)	Side 1 from Part 1 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 77 Side 2 from Part 2 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley - No. 76
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 93) / Tin Pan Alley Medley (No. 93) (1951)	[YouTube Video]
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tico-Tico / Dinorah (1949)	Judging by the matrix numbers, these sides were recorded in early 1948 in the UK. However, they were not issued there. So far, I'm not aware of other Moreton and Kaye recordings unissued in their home country.
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 16 (Part 1) / Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 16 (Part 2) (1943)	Side 1 is from Part 2 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley No.64. Side 2 is from Part 2 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley No.47.
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 15 (Part 1) / Tin Pan Alley Medley, No. 15 (Part 2) (1942)	Side 1 is from Part 2 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley - No. 56. Side 2 is from Part 2 of the British release Tin Pan Alley Medley - No. 55. Interesting to note that the Australian Tin Pan Alley series didn't correspond with the British series in terms of numbering, and on releases like this one, they actually split the couplings up - I presume there are other such examples.
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 41 (Part 1) / Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 41 (Part 2) (1942)	The Parlophone label listing I have says the sides were recorded 28.11.44 and 8.11.44, I think the latter is probably a typo and they are both from 28.11.44.
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 18 / Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 18 (1939)	Part 1 Part 2
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 16 / Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 16 (1939)	Part 1 Part 2
mister_tmg 23rd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 15 / Tin Pan Alley Medley–No. 15 (1939)	Part 1 Part 2
mister_tmg 22nd Feb 2022		78 RPM Ivor Moreton And Dave Kaye - Lehar Waltz Medley–Part 1 / Lehar Waltz Medley–Part 2 (1938)	Part 1 Part 2

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