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Member	Item		Review/Comment
RadioAl 17th Nov 2023		78 RPM Billy Wright - Turn Your Lamps Down Low / Drinkin´ And Thinkin´ (1951)	Billboard (R&B Records to Watch), December 15, 1951, p. 32 Billboard Review, December 22, 1951, p. 28 Cash Box review, December 22, 1951, p. 16
RadioAl 10th Nov 2023		78 RPM Carter Family - Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Little Log Cabin By The Sea (1928)	I've posted a contemporaneous newspaper ad giving a release date of January 20, 1928. Most of the other listed record releases agree with the January, 1928 Talking Machine World schedule referenced by fixbutte, below.
RadioAl 27th Aug 2023		78 RPM Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes / Me And My Dog Blues (1949)	Promo label scans added [Mod comment. Moved up.]
RadioAl 20th Aug 2023		78 RPM Brownie McGhee - My Consolation / True Blues (1951)	Billboard review, March 17, 1951, p. 105 Cash Box review, March 17, 1951, p. 16 These tracks were recorded on May 8, 1950 in New York City.
RadioAl 9th Oct 2022		78 RPM Brownie McGhee - Robbie (1948)	The "A" side is dedicated to Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby, the first Black players in the National and American leagues, respectively. McGhee's contemporaneous release, Baseball Boogie, also recounts Jackie Robinson's exploits.
RadioAl 9th Oct 2022		78 RPM Chicago Davis - I Feel So Good / Travelin' Shoes (1949)	Cash Box review, March 19, 1949, p. 11
RadioAl 8th Oct 2022		78 RPM Buddy Johnson - Fine Brown Frame / They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool (1946)	Recorded October 4, 1944. "They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool" is the first Arthur Prysock vocal on record.
RadioAl 8th Oct 2022		78 RPM Brownie McGhee - I'm Talking About It / Dollar Bill (1947)	According to JazzDisco.org, these tracks were recorded on May 28, 1947, with Champion Jack Dupree on piano and Baby Dodds on drums.
RadioAl 8th Oct 2022		78 RPM Brownie McGhee With Sonny Terry - Easy Ridin Buggy / Women Lover Blues (1947)	According to the Online Discographical Project and JazzDisco.org, these tracks were recorded on December 12, 1944
RadioAl 7th Oct 2022		78 RPM Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - Knockabout Blues / That's The Stuff (1947)	According to the Online Discographical Project and JazzDisco.org, these tracks were recorded on December 12, 1944
RadioAl 10th May 2022		78 RPM Robert Bland - Crying All Night Long / Dry Up, Baby (1951)	These two tracks - "Crying All Night Long" and "Dry Up Baby" - appeared on Modern 848 (December 1951). Bland's second release on Modern (Modern 868) was "Good Lovin'"/"Drifting From Town to Town" (May or June 1952)
RadioAl 24th Mar 2019		78 RPM Manhattan Paul - Hard Ridin' Mama / I Wish I Didn't Love You So (1948)	Billboard, January 1, 1949, p. 29 (Advance Releases) Cash Box, January 8, 1949, p. 13
RadioAl 24th Mar 2019		78 RPM Tiny Grimes Quintet - Nightmare Blues / Hot In Harlem (1949)	Billboard review, February 5, 1949, p. 32 Cash Box review, February 5, 1949, p. 11
RadioAl 16th Mar 2019		78 RPM Tiny Grimes Quintet - Boogie Woogie Barbecue / Blue Harlem (1948)	Billboard review, February 21, 1948, p. 117
RadioAl 16th Mar 2019		78 RPM Joe Morris - The Applejack / Easy Riff (1948)	Billboard review, November 6, 1948, p. 141
RadioAl 13th Mar 2019		78 RPM Joe Morris - The Spider / Mad Moon (1948)	Cash Box, July 31, 1948, p. 14 (Ad) Billboard, July 31, 1948, p. 175 (Advance Record Releases) Cash Box review, August 7, 1948, p. 13
RadioAl 13th Mar 2019		78 RPM Tiny Grimes Quintet - Annie Laurie / Midnight Special (1948)	Cash Box review, November 6, 1948, p. 13 Billboard, November 6, 1948, p. 146 (Advance Record Releases)
RadioAl 13th Mar 2019		78 RPM Joe Medlin - Bewildered / I'm Glad For Your Sake—But I'm Sorry For Mine (1948)	Billboard, December 18, 1948, p. 34 (Advance Releases) Cash Box review, December 25, 1948, p. 21
RadioAl 13th Mar 2019		78 RPM Tiny Grimes Quintet - That Old Black Magic / Profoundly Blue (1948)	Billboard, June 26, 1948, p. 120 (Advance Record Releases) Cash Box, July 3, 1948, p. 11 (column mention)
RadioAl 13th Mar 2019		78 RPM Joe Morris - Lowe Groovin' / Jump With Me (1948)	Billboard (Ad), April 24, 1948, p. 26 Billboard review, May 15, 1948, p. 122
RadioAl 4th Aug 2018		78 RPM Joe Bari And Pat Easton - Vieni Qui (Come To Me) / Fascinating Rhythm (1949)	Cash Box review, August 13, 1949, p. 6 Billboard review, August 20, 1949, p. 106
RadioAl 13th Jun 2017		78 RPM The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man / I Can't Escape From You (1951)	Following up on fixbutte's research, Cash Box picked up on Sixty Minute Man early - it was reviewed in the May 5, 1951 issue (p. 15) and in the same issue was reported as #3 by Oakland, CA jukebox operators (p. 17). The record must have begun reaching jukeboxes in late April.
RadioAl 16th Jan 2017		78 RPM Betty Hutton - It Had To Be You / His Rocking Horse Ran Away (1944)	Billboard, May 13, 1944, p. 18, "Record Possibilities"
RadioAl 2nd Sep 2016		78 RPM Otis Parker - Many Thanks My Friends / Bugle Call From Heaven (1951)	Cash Box review, September 15, 1951, p. 16
RadioAl 2nd Sep 2016		78 RPM Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Green Tree Boogie / Down Deep In My Heart (1951)	Billboard review, September 15, 1951, p. 86 Cash Box review, November 10, 1951, p. 24
RadioAl 2nd Sep 2016		78 RPM Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - I Don't Want To Be Alone For Christmas / A Year Ago This Christmas (1951)	Cash Box review, December 8, 1951, p. 22
RadioAl 7th Aug 2016		78 RPM Johnny Otis Quintette - Double Crossing Blues / Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (1950)	Billboard review January 21, 1950, p. 112 Cash Box review January 21, 1950, p. 13
RadioAl 6th Aug 2016		78 RPM "Little" Esther With Johnny Otis - Mean Ole Gal / Good Old Blues (1950)	Cash Box review April 15, 1950, p. 16 Billboard review April 29, 1950, p. 119
RadioAl 7th Jul 2015		78 RPM The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man / I Can't Escape From You (1951)	Not issued on 45 rpm until July, 1951.

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