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rhythmdog 3rd Mar 2024		78 RPM Patty Ross - The Big Bear / Rock It, Davy, Rock It (1955)	I would assume that to be the case, yes. Jumping on a hot trend (the lyrics are all about Davy Crockett and a bear, just like the lyrics to the other side are also about Davy...).
rhythmdog 3rd Mar 2024		78 RPM Rev. C. L. Franklin - Jacob Wrestling With The Angel (1956)	Released in 1958 as part of a 78 album.
rhythmdog 18th Feb 2024		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone (1950)	Quote: Well, I hadda call it somethin'! - Louisiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc A "politician" in the classic Louisiana style!
rhythmdog 18th Feb 2024		78 RPM Jesse Allen - Love My Baby / After A While (1959)	Images of both sides
rhythmdog 5th Feb 2024		78 RPM The Echoes [California] - Over The Rainbow / Someone (1957)	Not the same group as The Echoes on Gee. Also recorded for Combo and later, as "The Poets", for other labels, but no 78s as The Poets.
rhythmdog 4th Feb 2024		78 RPM The Velvet Sounds - Sing A Song Of Xmas Cheer / Hanging Up My Christmas Stocking (Christmas Mambo) (1953)	I don't think it is that simple. Take a listen to many Babs Gonzales tunes, for example. The fact is, the set of musical genres supplied is woefully inadequate to the task and so, I think of the second genre as modifying the first. For example, "Religious" just isn't adequate to delineate gospel from hymnal... So, there is room to argue regarding your black-and-white assertion.
rhythmdog 29th Jan 2024		78 RPM The Silhouettes - Get A Job / I Am Lonely (1957)	In early 1958, on blue label with US Ember design. Also issued on a plain yellow label with black print. This alternate yellow press might be first per Discogs, but then again, on the 45 with the yellow label, the runout is from a later master (not having the original Kaiser/Junior matrix number). My guess is that the demand was high and Phonodisc turned to an unknown other plant/printer to meet demand.
rhythmdog 26th Jan 2024		78 RPM The Velvet Sounds - Sing A Song Of Xmas Cheer / Hanging Up My Christmas Stocking (Christmas Mambo) (1953)	A Side- [YouTube Video] B Side: [YouTube Video]
rhythmdog 30th Dec 2023		78 RPM Jesse Powell - Jumping With Flap / Parisian Nights	This release not documented elsewhere that I have access to information. It's not in Bob McGrath's R&B Indies, which, while not always accurate, at least has a lot more documentation of R&B (as opposed to vocal groups or soul) than most other sites. I would certainly hazard a guess that this label is 1) somehow related to Atlas, given the use of the Atlas Holding Up The Globe design. 2) Should also be the parent label to the After Hours and Chariot labels. Date unknown but some time in the early 50's, I would assume.
rhythmdog 30th Dec 2023		78 RPM Jesse Powell Orchestra - Leavin' Tonight / Hot Box (1954)	Dan Taylor is also known as Danny "Run Joe" Taylor and had releases under that name.
rhythmdog 30th Dec 2023		78 RPM Jesse Powell Orchestra - Love To Spare / Rear Bumper (1953)	Vocalist on "Love To Spare" is Danny "Run Joe" Taylor. Likely shown on the label as "Dan Taylor", which is how his other release with this combo is credited.
rhythmdog 30th Dec 2023		78 RPM Jack Dupree Orch. - Baby, You Say You Love Me / Drinkin' Little Woman (1951)	Per this site, "Little Boy Blues" is the same artist as Danny "Run Joe" Taylor.
rhythmdog 30th Dec 2023		78 RPM Danny "Run Joe" Taylor - I'm The Father Of Annie's Baby / Bad, Bad, Draw (1954)	One of the more obscure of the many answer records to "Annie Had A Baby"
rhythmdog 29th Dec 2023		78 RPM The Dubs - Don't Ask Me (To Be Lonely) / Darling (1957)	There are three pressings of this 78. The first is with "shadow print" for the Gone logo. The second is, I believe, a West Coast pressing, which has "GONE" in plain block letters (no doubt because no printers on the West Coast had that "shadow" font). The third press is a bit later, with the wide open mouth logo.
rhythmdog 29th Dec 2023		78 RPM The Dubs - Beside My Love / Gonna Make A Change (1957)	Rare enough that I couldn't find any good images. Here's one. Or there's an even worse one here The 1957 RCA matrix number is visible on the first image above.
rhythmdog 27th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Kings Featuring Bobby Hall - I Love You Baby / Why? Oh, Why? (1953)	Although it never made "the charts", which were about 10 records long for R&B in the pre-1955 days, this record sold well, as evidenced by the several label variations shown here. From a search for sales on the Jax label, it's pretty clearly one of the label's best sellers. The labels that han has described as white label dj copies are probably just washed-out yellow labels, as the record does exist that way - also, actual dj copies have "disc jockey use only" (see 316 and note that the dj copies don't have N.Y., N. Y. on them) I don't think that these white or yellow labels are "first" presses, as the label had changed over to the black style well before the release of this single. Probably just the label using up left over blanks in order to meet demand..
rhythmdog 27th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Ramblers [Jax] - Search My Heart / 50-50 Love (1953)	You are 100% correct. In fact, Marv specifies that this group was not the Kings. In fact, it is the Ramblers on MGM who were the Kings recording under another name. I will correct.
rhythmdog 26th Nov 2023		78 RPM Wardell Gray Quartette - Dumpy / Finsterness (1952)	I might note that "Finsterness" has the same catalog number as "Stoned" by Wardell Gray from 1948 on Jax' sister label "Sittin' In With"
rhythmdog 26th Nov 2023		78 RPM Paul Williams Orch. - Shuck-Foot / The Woman I Love Is Dying (1953)	Added higher res image of B side with thanks to Mike Gann
rhythmdog 25th Nov 2023		78 RPM Lightnin' Hopkins - Give Me Central 209 / New York Boogie (1952)	With props to fredhoyt, added clearer images
rhythmdog 22nd Nov 2023		78 RPM Don Sebastian - I Want To Cry / It Can't Be Wrong (1954)	Image
rhythmdog 22nd Nov 2023		78 RPM The Three Chuckles - At Last You Understand / Runaround (1954)	There was at least one other press with a different design. I believe the one with a design under the logo came before the plain one, because it also shows the B side as "Run Around", and is unique to Boulevard 100.
rhythmdog 21st Nov 2023		78 RPM The Boo Boo Turner Group - I Goofed / Cooling With Boo Boo (1953)	An image of the B side here
rhythmdog 20th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Captans - Asking / Who Can I Turn To (1951)	Very small images proof of existence but no help for identifying the writers/composers.
rhythmdog 20th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Cap-Tans - Goodnight Mother / Let's Put Our Cards On The Table (1949)	Image, much too small but proof of existence.
rhythmdog 20th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Progressive Four - Don't Leave Now / Darling Nellie Gray (1947)	Harmon Bethea, later of The Cap-Tans, sings lead on the B-side.
rhythmdog 18th Nov 2023		78 RPM Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys - Hot Rod Race / I'm Living Alone With An Old Love (1950)	This site puts the release in "around August" of 1950... it took some time until it made enough noise to interest Bill McCall of 4 Star (parent of Gilt Edge) to whom Arkie first pitched the record - but it was initially rejected back in 1947, so Arkie founded his own Mtn. Dew to release it.
rhythmdog 18th Nov 2023		78 RPM Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys - Hot Rod Race / I'm Living Alone With An Old Love (1950)	Note that this originally came out on Mtn. Dew 101, then on Gilt Edge MD-101 (not yet on this site) in Dec. 1950, and was subsequently put out on this record number to align with the rest of the Gilt Edge catalog.
rhythmdog 9th Nov 2023		78 RPM Little Caesar And The Romans - Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) / Chapel Of Love (1993)	Small images
rhythmdog 9th Nov 2023		78 RPM Little Caesar - Big Eyes / Can't Stand It All Alone (1953)	I think this release was meant to be sold at live concerts, probably exactly like The Thrillers on The Thrillers Both were 4 Star products for Big Town records.

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