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Member	Item		Review/Comment
RobertG 20th Nov 2023		78 RPM Olga Orsella - Ave Maria / Und Ob Die Wolke Sie Verhülle	Side/matrix nrs are also in the run-out. Could be linked to Dacapo? Side of matrix 8509 same recordings as Dacapo D-3300 of 1908 ?
RobertG 9th Dec 2022		78 RPM Alb. De Booy - In Naam Van Oranje / O Schitt'rende Kleuren Van Ned. Vlag	Tiny record, just under 6". Clearly Dutch songs (very patriotic) sung in Dutch with piano accompaniment. Sounds like an acoustic recording. Is this label perhaps related to the tiny Colibri pocket gramophone? (Belgian?) Trademark notice for the Colibri is however in German.
RobertG 15th Nov 2019		78 RPM Montreal Masonic Choir - The Old Woman / Border Ballad (1942)	Ah, that timeframe could be it - makes sense then also for the Canadian RCA sleeve found in the same lot, it looked 1940s in styling - probably originally with this record. Hm, also makes finding it in the North of The Netherlands perhaps a bit less strange. The North was liberated by Canadian forces in April/May '45. Thank you for that pointer!
RobertG 15th Nov 2019		78 RPM Montreal Masonic Choir - The Old Woman / Border Ballad (1942)	The record looks/feels late forties - fifties? But does still say VE, as if electric recording's still new. The number 757 suggests they made more of these private disks than I'd imagined - curious if it's datable. (I think lodge still extant, not sure about choir...) Oddly, this record was found not in Canada, but picked up in a thrift-store in rural Friesland, Netherlands.
RobertG 28th Jun 2019		78 RPM Beka Orkest - Till We Meet Again / Smiles	Oddly then, the label I think is in Dutch. Plus the record was found amongst a Dutch 'attic-lot'. Not sure how strict Beka kept to their block allocations? (E.g. strykorkest (archaic spelling) is correct Dutch for string orchestra.)
RobertG 3rd Jun 2018		78 RPM Joseph Schmidt - O Sole Mio / La Paloma	By the way, seems same recording as the 'Esta' record, but are not the same pressing/matrix.
RobertG 3rd Jun 2018		78 RPM Joseph Schmidt - O Sole Mio / La Paloma	Not stated on the labels, but sung in German.
RobertG 3rd Mar 2017		78 RPM The Six Swingers - Hot Pie No. 2 (1935)	Looks like Gloria used some recordings made by Regal Zonophone to issue in Germany. (Which might explain the meaning of the GZ catalogue prefix for Gloria Zonophone...)
RobertG 3rd Mar 2017		78 RPM Billy Cotton - The Show Is Over / Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day	Added slightly crisper labelscans (gold). Record probably from 1934 / 1935 - both titles were popular in '34 and recorded that year by Billy Cotton in the UK (Regal).
RobertG 26th Feb 2017		78 RPM Johnny And Jones - Mijnheer Dinges Weet Niet Wat Swing Is / Het Lied Van Den Slangenbezweerder (1938)	[YouTube Video]
RobertG 30th Sep 2016		78 RPM Laurel And Hardy - Laurel And Hardy / Laurel And Hardy In The Dance Of The Cuckoos (1932)	Not image of the labels, but added sleeve advertisement for DX370. Take LAUREL and HARDY Home with You! Up to now you have only been able to enjoy Laurel and Hardy in the cinema. Now you can take them home and enjoy their fun in the family circle. This Columbia is their first and only gramophone record, and in addition to their funny fooling there is given for the first time their quaint little theme tune, the "Dance of the Cuckoos" Here is their Record (a) LAUREL AND HARDY THEMSELVES (b) LAUREL AND HARDY IN "DANCE OF THE CUCKOOS."
RobertG 18th Sep 2016		78 RPM Gracie Fields - Now Is The Hour / Come Back To Sorrento (1947)	Label version with +1P added.
RobertG 15th Apr 2016		78 RPM Taps Miller - Manneke Pis Boogie / How About Me (1953)	Probably 1953. Quite a loud record, very energetic :)
RobertG 15th Apr 2016		78 RPM Taps Miller - Manneke Pis Boogie / How About Me (1953)	[YouTube Video]
RobertG 28th Mar 2016		78 RPM Joseph Schmidt - O Marenariello / Ik Hou Van Holland (1939)	[YouTube Video]
RobertG 28th Mar 2016		78 RPM Tito Schipa - Vivere / Torna, Piccina (1937)	Added extra label images (undamaged B-side). Vivere written by Cesare Andrea Bixio for film of same name of 1937. Other side also a song from this Italian movie, directed by Guido Brignone.
RobertG 12th Mar 2016		78 RPM Amsterdamsch Draaiorgel - Feestmarsch / Sportheldenmarsch (1928)	'Festive March' and 'Sporting Heroes March'. Probably mid-thirties.
RobertG 11th Mar 2016		78 RPM Mr. Rogatchewsky - Le Roi D'ys	Hm, it is similar for Dutch records, often pressed in Britain or Germany. The labels and catalogue numbers and/or recordings are then for the Dutch market however. Only noted as 'Made in England'. Debatable how/where to file. Even without the expected prefix, to me this would look like very much a French release, rather than a British one.
RobertG 11th Mar 2016		78 RPM Prince Militair Orkest - Kolonel Bogey Marsch / Hallo Jongens Marsch (1930)	Probably issue of ~1920 from older recordings. The Colonel Bogey March matrix number would put recording date around 1911/1912.
RobertG 11th Mar 2016		78 RPM Foden's Motor Works Band - Shylock / The Cossack (1930)	Have this with Regal Zonophone label, so pressed after HMV-Columbia merger. Still same catalogue number, matrix and issue however. Not sure if warrants separate entry or merely as label variant. (Could argue that pre '31 there can't be Regal-Zonophone issues, only Regal or Zonophone :)
RobertG 5th Jan 2016		78 RPM Paul Whiteman - Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me / Evening Star (Help Me Find My Man) (1928)	Just watched the 'King of Jazz' movie - that potato head caricature is actually a surprisingly good likeness! :-)
RobertG 3rd Nov 2015		78 RPM Musikkorps Des Ehem. Kaiser-Franz-Garde-Gren.-Regts. Nr. 2 - Alte Kameraden / Carmen-Marsch (1912)	According to CHARM, both sides recorded by the Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment Nr 2 in October of 1912. Labels are of later pressing, after 1918 when it had become the band of the Former Regiment. Small paper label states that 'this record is meant only for use in Germany'.
RobertG 3rd Nov 2015		78 RPM Miss Elsie Southgate And Her Sister Dorothy - Intermezzo From "Cavaleria Rusticana" / Ave Maria (1915)	Labels of a later pressing, probably early 1920ies.
RobertG 17th Sep 2015		78 RPM Kaiser Franz-Garde-Grenadier-Regt. - Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit / Der Lustige Kupferschmied	Thanks for the link to the biography of A. Becker. (Oo, watch the '56 Hauptmann von Köpenick for an impression of the Guard.) That video is indeed the merry coppersmith of this record. This Zonophone however does not contain the 'Grammophon Aufnahme' intro voice. Maybe that's the 1648x vs 1648h matrix.
RobertG 17th Sep 2015		78 RPM Kaiser Franz-Garde-Grenadier-Regt. - Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit / Der Lustige Kupferschmied	Recordings from 1903 / 1904 probably then (oddly oldest with higher number); from CHARM: Head: KAISER FRANZ GARDE-GRENADIER REGIMENT Nr 2 Conductor: BECKER Venue: Berlin CatNum: 2-40149 Num: 2271h Date: - -04 Title: Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit X-20151 Head: KAISER FRANZ GARDE-GRENADIER REGIMENT Nr 2 Conductor: BECKER Venue: Berlin CatNum: 40424 Num: 1648x Date: - -03 Title: Der lustige Kupferschmied, mit Gesang und Pfeifen X-20152 (the matrix number on disk is 1648h actually. (recorded by Franz Hampe?))
RobertG 17th Sep 2015		78 RPM Enrico Caruso - La Donna E Mobile (1908)	Mysterious then! Indeed why did HMV add the sprinkling of different speeds to their catalogue? As they 'set the 78 standard', having 80 or 82 rpm in their catalogue would not reflect well I think on them - not good for perception of reliable quality from the 'original'. -Did they have access to notes or documents made during recordings that stated the machine was unfortunately running a bit fast that day? (True or not.) -Did they have a listening session and determined what the 'true' speed for best reproduction was? -Did they think it would look 'interesting' and make the catalogue seem more valuable? Mysterious... ( their reasons are likely lost in 'the mists of time' by now :)
RobertG 17th Sep 2015		78 RPM Conchita Martinez - Mi Jaca / Maria Magdalena	Quite rousing. Think it is from 1939 - could be considered Spanish issue, but contains regular German copyright notice...
RobertG 17th Sep 2015		78 RPM Conchita Martinez - Mi Jaca / Maria Magdalena	[YouTube Video]
RobertG 12th Sep 2015		78 RPM Enrico Caruso - Ideale (1907)	According to HMV catalogue, an 80 rpm recording. According to Victor ledgers (DAHR) this was recorded 30th of December 1906 in New York, so 1907 seems spot on :)
RobertG 12th Sep 2015		78 RPM Eddie South - Eddie's Blues / Sweet Georgia Brown (1937)	Searching the hive-mind that is the internet, found some more info. (The Pathe-Marconi terms helped there, thanks!) The Swing label was created in '37 by Charles Delaunay (Le Hot Club de France) with distribution from Gramophone-Pathé-Marconi. Published its first catalogue (leaflet really) in November '37, the first jazz label. (Delauney in '48 founded also the Vogue label, btway.) The matrix numbers could suggest that still the recording means of HMV were used. Till then the Swing artists had been recording on La Voix de son Maitre. The UK release of the SW.8 record as an HMV swing music series suggests a working relationship there.

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