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Member	Item		Review/Comment
PhilMH 9th Feb 2020		78 RPM Shirley Abicair - I'd Love To Fall Asleep (And Wake Up In Your Arms) / Your Mother And Mine (1953)	Hi Russell, your London label pressing is a US release; many thousands of US London records were pressed in the UK. At that time, the London label was only used in the UK for North American artists, so any UK, European or Australian artists (Shirley Abicair was Australian) didn't need to be released on London in the UK, Europe, Africa and most of the Commonwealth; it was because Decca had sold their interest in their US subsidiary Decca Records Inc. during WW2 that they started London in the US in 1947 for release of their British and other artists, and had a small US roster for a few years after that.
PhilMH 19th Sep 2018		78 RPM The Platters - It's Raining Outside / I Wish (1958)	Presumably a 1958 release, like the linked UK release with the same catalogue number.
PhilMH 1st Jun 2018		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Doris Day (1952)	Make that "any previous Columbia or CBS LP or CD"; Prague Frank's discography shows that many (all?) of these sides were on Bear Family CD's (Columbia sessions start at session 128, 4 April 1951 - and Prague Frank seriously needs to reformat that discography to make it easier to read!).
PhilMH 1st Jun 2018		78 RPM Frankie Laine - Doris Day (1952)	Isn't "Sugarbush" the A-side, and the higher matrix number just represents the order of recording? Anyway, "How Lovely Cooks The Meat" is now included on a 59-track digital collection released today, COLUMBIA SESSIONS (1951-1955); a lot of hit sides seem to be missing at first glance, so perhaps this collection gathers together tracks that aren't on any previous LP or CD.
PhilMH 7th Apr 2018		78 RPM The Andrews Sisters - Lullaby Of Broadway / We Just Couldn't Say Good-Bye (1948)	Why was this entered as Brunswick? It's clearly Decca.
PhilMH 14th Nov 2017		78 RPM The New Symphony Orchestra - Accelerations / Roses From The South (1948)	Release date from the Decca Classical Discography, which shows that this and T.5030 comprised 78 rpm album set LA28.
PhilMH 19th Oct 2017		78 RPM Louis Armstrong And The All Stars - Muskrat Ramble / Someday You'll Be Sorry (1954)	Paul Pelletier's Record Information Issue Three shows the release date as December 1954.
PhilMH 11th Feb 2017		78 RPM Petula Clark - Petula Clark Gift Album (1953)	Judging by the cover, the label name would seem to be just Radiola (Records), and the AWA in the logo is just representing their ownership of the label, and is not part of the label name.
PhilMH 9th Feb 2017		78 RPM Petula Clark - The Pendulum Song / Romance In Rome (1955)	Promo only for the Apple 78, see Billboard for November 25, 1972. Now, these last few comments should really be moved to somewhere else, as they have nothing to do with Pet's record!
PhilMH 1st Jan 2017		78 RPM Josh White - Like A Natural Man / The Foggy Foggy Dew (1950)	In fact, the absence of any purchase tax code on 414217 and 448397 makes me wonder if they are truly British releases. I think these must be British issues, because as far as I've seen, London issues intended for North America didn't use the L. prefix on the catalogue number, nor show publishers' logos.
PhilMH 4th Dec 2016		78 RPM Roy Fox - Ten Cents A Dance / One More Time (1931)	Looking at the other UK Deccas in the database, the catalogue number puts this in 1931.
PhilMH 3rd Dec 2016		78 RPM Orchestra Of The Dutch Swing College - Black Bottom Stomp / Everything's Wrong, Ain't Nothing Right? (1951)	Hard to pin this one down, as there only seem to be a couple of others from this numerical series in the database, but it would seem to be no earlier than 1949. The band's website isn't particularly helpful (band formed under this name in 1945, but "soon" changed to The Dutch Swing College Band), but does mention a complete discography that's available for purchase by anyone who is sufficiently interested.
PhilMH 25th Nov 2016		78 RPM Pete Johnson Blues Trio - Barrelhouse Breakdown / Kansas City Farewell (1940)	According to jazzdisco.org, it's the recording date.
PhilMH 22nd Nov 2016		78 RPM Glenn Miller - Starlit Hour / A Million Dreams Ago (1946)	For what else it's worth, a quick Google tells me that Rate Your Music has this as 1946, which could well be right if May 1944 is right for the other one. I have to admit that I get a bit lost with 78's outside of the R & B Indies where I can at least refer to discographies; it might be worthwhile keeping an eye on ebay, AbeBooks, etc, as old record catalogues turn up from time to time.
PhilMH 22nd Nov 2016		78 RPM Glenn Miller - Starlit Hour / A Million Dreams Ago (1946)	...but I didn't notice that "My Isle Of Golden Dreams", with a lower number than this, is May 1944, so there goes that theory!
PhilMH 22nd Nov 2016		78 RPM Glenn Miller - Starlit Hour / A Million Dreams Ago (1946)	Probably late 1940 or, more likely, early 1941. "Starlit Hour" on Bluebird 10553 entered the US charts in April 1940, and "A Million Dreams Ago" on Bluebird 10768 entered the charts in November 1940.
PhilMH 4th Nov 2016		78 RPM Giuseppe Valdengo - Prologue, Part 1 (From "Pagliacci") / Prologue, Conclusion (From "Pagliacci") (1950)	Release date from Decca Discography at CHARM. Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London, 31 August 1949. And the artist's first name is spelled Giuseppe. [Thanks, the entry has been updated. Mod.]
PhilMH 29th Oct 2016		78 RPM Nat "King" Cole - Unforgettable / Because Of Rain (1951)	A-side writer is I (Irving) Gordon, not L.
PhilMH 19th Sep 2016		78 RPM Bill Farrell - Pagliacci (With A Broken Heart) / A Man Called Peter (1955)	Country should be Australia, not USA. [Thanks, fixed. Mod.]
PhilMH 28th Aug 2016		78 RPM Billy Toffel - Tout Le Long Des Rues / The Gipsy (1949)	Sidney, your mention of France reminded me that UK Decca had a deal with the French label Blue Star - I think this was mentioned briefly in one of Paul Pelletier's guides, which I can't access at the moment. The matrices suggest that this may be a Blue Star recording, but I don't know whether that label operated in Switzerland (where this was recorded - see mention of Geneva on the A-side) as well as France.
PhilMH 27th Aug 2016		78 RPM The Royal Choral Society - O Come All Ye Faithful / In Dulci Jubilo (1948)	As with Billy Toffel, most likely a US release considering the year, and this obviously UK choir and conductor would almost certainly have been released on Decca in the UK.
PhilMH 27th Aug 2016		78 RPM Billy Toffel - Tout Le Long Des Rues / The Gipsy (1949)	As the London label wasn't launched in the UK until late 1949, this is most likely a UK-pressed US release - a clue is the absence of publisher details, which all seem to be missing from US London releases of the period.
PhilMH 27th Aug 2016		78 RPM Primo Scala And His Banjo And Accordion Band With The Keynotes - The Echo Told Me A Lie / I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Cocoanuts (1949)	The first UK London release numerically was L 500 in late 1949. As this number is lower than 500, doesn't have the L prefix, and has the linked UK Decca release below, this is one of the many US releases that was manufactured in England. [Thanks, the entry has been fixed! Mod.]
PhilMH 25th Feb 2016		78 RPM Bill Haley And His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / Thirteen Women (1954)	Listed as a new release in the September 1954 Brunswick record supplement. [mod: corrected from Dec 1954 to this date]
PhilMH 11th Nov 2015		78 RPM Josh White - Like A Natural Man / The Foggy Foggy Dew (1950)	Recorded by British Decca in London (as indicated by the DR matrices) when Josh White was exiled from the USA during the blacklisting era.
PhilMH 15th Oct 2015		78 RPM Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) / Oh I Apologize (1959)	Billboard ad.
PhilMH 15th Oct 2015		78 RPM Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) / Oh I Apologize (1959)	Correction - entered the R&B chart the week of January 25th 1960, and the Hot 100 the following week, February 1st. The ad was in the 4th January 1960 issue, which I'll go and retrieve in a minute, but there was an Aussie 45 issue at least, London 45-HL-1622.
PhilMH 15th Oct 2015		78 RPM Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) / Oh I Apologize (1959)	Definitely late 1959 for the Anna release - I came across an ad for it in Billboard a little while ago - and in any case it entered the charts in the second half of February 1960. The March 1960 date has appeared on one or two Motown CD collections, I haven't been able to pin down where they got that date from!
PhilMH 15th Oct 2015		78 RPM Paul Monday - If You Were Mine / Irene's Boogie (1951)	Added 1951 as year, based on nearby singles and ACA matrices listed in the Gart/Ames Duke/Peacock book.
PhilMH 26th Sep 2015		78 RPM The Franz Winkler Trio - Weit Über Dem Meere / Die Alte Schmiede (1949)	Just a made in England for US release then, as were many US Londons. I'll put January 1949 as the release date, based on that Billboard issue.

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