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Member	Item		Review/Comment
moondog 12th Dec 2023		78 RPM Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White) / Roses Of Picardy (1955)	Who on earth would pay £21 for a 78 of this type? I can't believe that valuation is close to being right.
moondog 17th Nov 2023		78 RPM Alfred Sasson - Anyone Can Smile / There's A New Star In Heaven To-Night (1926)	This 78 is an oddity. It has no connection with the regular Capitol label which it pre-dates. I understand it is known as a paste-over label for sale in Australia and it is likely to be a Parlophone label underneath and comes from the 1920s. The B side has a tear which seems to confirm this.
moondog 5th Nov 2023		78 RPM Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group - My Dixie Darling / I'm Just A Rollin' Stone (1957)	Because I'm a born cynic I have to ask Denis247 where he got his info on this record being made in Plymouth toilets. Joe Meek didn't need to use such facilities for echo as his engineer skills were such that he could do anything in the mixing room back at IBC studios. This doesn't sound like Joe Meek to my ears - where is the echo?
moondog 21st Oct 2023		78 RPM Vaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky / Red Roses For A Blue Lady (1949)	I am very puzzled by the valuation here. I would never expect to pay more than say a fiver for a 78 of this type - good version though it is. My nice copy cost £1 not long ago.
moondog 15th Oct 2023		78 RPM The Duchess - Ragging The Scale / Kitten On The Keys (1953)	Only 7 records in the UK London L series were issued at 45rpm and this is not one of them - unless of course a scan can be provided as proof.
moondog 3rd Oct 2023		78 RPM Teddy Johnson - Flamenco Love / Down By The Sugar Cane (1956)	This 78 was engineered by Joe Meek as were the other 4 entries on the ad uploaded here.
moondog 18th Sep 2023		78 RPM Paul Weston - Adios / Cuban Love Song (1955)	Improved edit of A side uploaded [Replaced. mod]
moondog 11th Sep 2023		78 RPM Hal Munro - Jailhouse Rock / You Send Me (1958)	Don't know how you are doing your searching but both these tracks are on YouTube and have been there for a while.
moondog 31st Aug 2023		78 RPM Randolph Sutton - Is Izzy Azzy Woz? / Mademoiselle Pomme-De-Terre (1929)	Brighter labels with different text style added
moondog 21st Aug 2023		78 RPM Rita Williams - I Remember Mama / I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight (1955)	There is little point in questioning the existence of records simply because no-one has uploaded a scan. This record is in the Embassy catalogue as issued in July 1955. However I do question your username which I hope is genuine - if not you should change it.
moondog 4th Aug 2023		78 RPM John Fraser - Why Don't They Understand / Bye, Bye, Love (1957)	Engineered by Joe Meek
moondog 9th Jul 2023		78 RPM Robert Earl - I May Never Pass This Way Again / Someone (1958)	According to the late producer Adrian Kerridge this 45 was engineered by Joe Meek. As it happens it sounds like it too.
moondog 5th Apr 2023		78 RPM Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues / K. C. Moan (1936)	Two clean scans uploaded. This 78 just fetched £148 in a US auction.
moondog 8th Mar 2023		78 RPM Cherry Wainer - Valencia / Blue Cha Cha (1958)	Definitely not for an LP stylus. These records were of course from 78 stampers (some were issued in both shellac and vinyl) and it's the groove size which dictates the stylus size. The advantage of vinyl issues were they were unbreakable (generally) and in my view were more durable and less noisy with normal playing ie with a 78 diamond stylus. Goodness knows what a wind-up gramophone with steel needles did to them though... My first vinyl 78 came from Gary Miller in Jan 1957. Top Rank also issued a few vinyl 78 versions.
moondog 8th Jan 2023		78 RPM Will Bradley Trio - The 1943 Super Rhythm Style Series, No. 111 & 112 (1943)	The 1943 date is the UK issue date - the recordings were originally from 1940 and 1941 respectively.
moondog 9th Dec 2022		78 RPM Brucie Weil - God Bless Us All / Little Boy Blues (1953)	This record would in my view top the list of "bad Londons" - if there was such a list.
moondog 6th Dec 2022		78 RPM Johnny And The Hurricanes - Red River Rock / Buckeye (1959)	One of the many great London double-siders. B-side is just as good.
moondog 7th Oct 2022		78 RPM Norrie Paramor - Saloon Bar Rag / A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz (1951)	B side "and his Dixielanders with The Stargazers"
moondog 15th Sep 2022		78 RPM Johnny O'Connor - Fickle Fingers / When The World Was Young (1953)	These two tracks come from the Fidelity label which was based in Sydney, Australia. This appears to be a one-off in the London catalogue.
moondog 27th Aug 2022		78 RPM The Commodores - Speedo / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1956)	Sightly wonky labels but nice and clear
moondog 2nd Jul 2022		78 RPM Joe Turner - Boogie Woogie Country Girl / The Chicken And The Hawk (1956)	Nice find whilst on holiday in Devon - only £5
moondog 15th Jan 2022		78 RPM Joe Potzner's Quartette - Red Hot Mama / Three Cent Stamp (1950)	Thanks Mike. I do note that 2 members own this 78 so maybe a scan will turn up after all.
moondog 15th Jan 2022		78 RPM Joe Potzner's Quartette - Red Hot Mama / Three Cent Stamp (1950)	I doubt if anyone has the UK London 78 but the US version clearly states what alan45 says. ie Joe Potzner's Quartette. Vocalist Kathlean Kohls (note spelling of Kathlean) The original uploader was incorrect - even the RIS "London" listing shows Joe Potzner's Quartette. There is no evidence for listing under Kathlean Kohls.
moondog 11th Jan 2022		78 RPM The Cues - Prince Or Pauper / Why (1957)	Just fetched over £79 on E-bay. Must dig out my copy from the garage.
moondog 5th Jan 2022		78 RPM Russ Morgan - The More We Are Together / So Tired (1948)	Sheet music added with photo of Russ Morgan.
moondog 13th Dec 2021		78 RPM Mitzi Gaynor - Happy Anniversary / Play For Keeps (1959)	This would be a candidate for the last 78 issued on Top Rank.
moondog 28th Nov 2021		78 RPM Charlie Kunz - Kunz Revivals, No. 11 (1939)	This is a reissue of Rex R 3 (8479) from 1935.
moondog 20th Nov 2021		78 RPM Ritchie Valens - Come On Let's Go / Dooby Dooby Wah (1958)	Discographies show this 45/78 was issued in Nov 58 and it takes a very brave person to say that it wasn't. Bob Keane (Del-Fi owner) licensed this to Pye Int and there is every good reason to think that he considered Dooby Dooby Wah was a better flip for the UK issue as it's more Valens-like in style. "Framed" was a old Leiber/Stoller r&b comedy song from the Robins (pre-Coasters) and arguably not suited to Valens high voice especially the talk lines in the song. The LP shows Keane, under his real name of Kuhn, co-wrote Dooby so maybe royalties came into it too. Bob Keane as label owner/producer was in a position to do whatever he wanted with Valens' catalogue - which he sure did.
moondog 2nd Oct 2021		78 RPM Charlie Kunz - Kunz Revivals, No.1 (1937)	This is No 1 in the series of 26 Kunz Revivals which issued previous releases on the Sterno (1-8) and Rex (9-26). Most are straight re-issues but at least 3 mix sides from two 78s.
moondog 13th Aug 2021		78 RPM Chico Arnez And His Latin American Orchestra - Yashmak / Ain't She Sweet (1959)	Both sides engineered by Joe Meek. Yashmak was also written by him under his pseudonym Duke.

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