78 RPM - Comments by Scratchy45

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Scratchy45 24th Nov 2017		78 RPM Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire - Daphnis Et Chloe (1947)	First disc of the the three disc set AK.1584, AK.1585, AK.1586 - 1947 or thereabouts, though I cannot find a reference for it.
Scratchy45 13th Nov 2017		78 RPM Dame Clara Butt - Elijah (1938)	This site suggests a recording date of July 11, 1929 at the Portman Rooms, London. Other releases here with cat# before and after have a 1932 release year attributed.
Scratchy45 12th Nov 2017		78 RPM Zonophone Light Opera Company - Vocal Gems From "Ruddigore" / Vocal Gems From "Princess Ida" (1928)	Label scans added with Mecolico stamps. Interesting (or not) difference from A 323, for example, also comprising Gilbert and Sullivan Opera music by the Zonophone Light Opera Company. On that, one 1 1/4d stamp is applied (both sides are content from same opera) , whereas here for two separate operas a 5/8d stamp is applied to each side.
Scratchy45 11th Nov 2017		78 RPM The Mills Brothers - Lazy Bones / Nagasaki (1934)	Label scans added - apologies for stickered state of side 2.
Scratchy45 11th Nov 2017		78 RPM Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys - I'se A Muggin / I'se A Muggin Musical Numbers Game (1936)	1936 date inferred from cat# sequence. Not sure how "I'se" should be capitalised. "I'Se"? It's not like it's a straight abbreviation.
Scratchy45 11th Nov 2017		78 RPM Fred Douglas - It's A Windy Night To-Night / There You Are, Then (1921)	Autumn 1921, but I can't find a reference that identifies the month (probably October).
Scratchy45 9th Nov 2017		78 RPM Jay Wilbur - Thanks, Mister Roosevelt / Rumpel-Stilts-Kin (Oh! Could He Sew, Could He Sew) (1941)	Interesting - or maybe irrelevant historical note: this song (I found a George Formby version on Youtube) appears to be all about Lend-Lease as I suspected, so must date from the latter half of 1940. However, the label stock still says "Fabrique en Angleterre" on the right-hand side of the copyright company box despite there being absolutely no chance of a copy being sold in France..
Scratchy45 9th Nov 2017		78 RPM Jack Hylton - Trees / The Match Parade (1932)	Scans from a (sadly) broken 78. I'll see if I can make the label scans any more legible. Date inferred from Zonophone cat# sequence.
Scratchy45 17th Oct 2017		78 RPM Jack Hylton - Shalimar / I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (1927)	Label scans added - though I see I've reversed the side order. (fixed now. mod.)
Scratchy45 13th Oct 2017		78 RPM Yma Sumac - Cholo Traicionero / Waraka Tusuy (1953)	If sleevenotes for a compilation I just picked up and which are written by one Chris White are correct, and also if the recordings on CD are the same as on this 78, the following is possible. Side 1 originally recorded in Argentina in 1943 and released there on Odeon 272. Passacalle appears to be the Spanish form of the term Passacaglia. Side 2 recorded in Argentina 1950 but quotes Parlophone rather than Odeon and the cat# it appears on here (DP 281). The compilation is a double CD on Blue Orchid Blue102CD - "Queen of Exotica". There is no discography section on what appears to be the official Yma Sumac website.
Scratchy45 12th Oct 2017		78 RPM Fred And Adele Astaire - Fascinating Rhythm / The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues (1926)	Contemporary advertisement added for this 78 and others, from the snappily titled Music for All with which is incorporated "Radio Music" , as well as an advertisement for the stage show. "The Only Records Without Scratch" according to the ad strapline.
Scratchy45 4th Sep 2017		78 RPM Phil Anderson's Orchestra - Cavalcade	With a respectful nod to original contributor Redpunk, scans of better-preserved labels of this SC series label design uploaded.
Scratchy45 3rd Sep 2017		78 RPM Stanley Kirkby - Land Of Hope And Glory / There's A Land (1914)	Scans of monochrome labels added.
Scratchy45 25th Aug 2017		78 RPM [no artist listed] - Bobadilla / Celestina	I've had similar finds, Redpunk - this unusual 78 was found in similar circumstances.
Scratchy45 25th Aug 2017		78 RPM M. Delaquerrière - Ce N'Est Que Votre Main, Madame / Une Poupée Parisienne (1929)	Side 1 is a version with French lyrics of of "Ich Küsse Ihre Hand Madame" (music by Ralph Erwin), originally connected with the silent 1929 German film of that name set in Paris (starring Marlene Dietrich). There is a recording of the song by Richard Tauber on Odeon (Germany) O-4921.
Scratchy45 24th Aug 2017		78 RPM लता मंगेशकर (Lata Mangeshkar) - यूँ ही हुए बदनाम / ज़रा ओ जाने वाले (1954)	Thanks for taking on the translations and sherlocking, xiphophilos. Here's a modern point of view on multiple language use in Hindi film culture, The "Hindustani" description on the record itself and the presence of some Urdu text too bears this out.
Scratchy45 23rd Aug 2017		78 RPM लता मंगेशकर (Lata Mangeshkar) - यूँ ही हुए बदनाम / ज़रा ओ जाने वाले (1954)	Both sides (as per English text on label) from early 1950s film "Subah Ka Tara". Side 1 sung by playback singer लता मंगेशकर (Lata Mangeshkar), while Side 2 appears credited to the soundtrack composer C. Ramchandra under his playback-singer alias Chitalkar. I haven't entered any of this as missing info. To my mind it needs a mod decision, and preferably from someone who can understand and interpret all the text on the label. In my ignorance of the scripts and languages I don't know for sure, but I do suspect the leading text may include both Hindi and Urdu. Can anyone confirm?
Scratchy45 23rd Aug 2017		78 RPM [no artist listed] - Bobadilla / Celestina	Label active between 1925 and 1928. Edison Bell connection for the 6" format.
Scratchy45 20th Jul 2017		78 RPM Benny Goodman And Peggy Lee - Benny Goodman (1948)	Reissued in the 1950s as a 45 rpm 2-EP set B-406 (5-1890,5-1891)
Scratchy45 26th May 2017		78 RPM The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Pennies From Heaven / Back In Your Own Back Yard (1978)	To add to Graham7's comment, original 1930s recordings used in "Pennies from Heaven" were released in 1978 by Decca (the double LP DDV 7007/8, already on 45worlds with 29 songs featured). The labels use the Decca 78rpm label design from the 1930s. In 1990 original recordings of some 48 songs that appeared in the series were released on the BBC label (Triple-LP REF 768). I'll be adding the BBC triple to 45worlds at some point on a rainy day (or maybe weekend...). To quote the sleeve notes on the BBC release: "The songs are rarely just interludes in the story - they often advance the narrative and much of the insight characters have about themselves come from the songs, not the dialogue."
Scratchy45 12th May 2017		78 RPM Nat Gonella And His Georgians - Mister Rhythm Man / Star Dust (1935)	Apologies for the disparity in colours between label scans.
Scratchy45 4th May 2017		78 RPM Lord Canary - Me Clarinet / Calypso Ann	"Genius" would be wildly overstating it, xiphophilos, but thanks for the praise! I had a fun few minutes educating myself about how Guyana is such an anomaly in Latin America because of its particular colonial past, the cultural connection to the Caribbean islands rather than the South American mainland, and the use of English as an official language. I was reflecting on the sometimes very quirky nature of labels and releases in that part of the world (e.g. Jamaica), and then it suddenly leapt out at me.
Scratchy45 2nd May 2017		78 RPM Lord Canary - Me Clarinet / Calypso Ann	Both sides feature Guyanans. Lord Canary is a stage name for Malcolm Corrica - a calypso artist popular in a number of Carribean islands , while Harry Whittaker on side two is the subject of a surprisingly exhaustive artist bio on discogs which includes a reference to him working with Lord Canary. As far as the "Auto Supplies" reference goes, look at the label name - Auto Supplies COmpany, perhaps? Might this be a case of overprinting on a generic label? I'm no typographical authority but there does seem to be a mix of label typefaces here, though that's not of itself unusual.
Scratchy45 20th Apr 2017		78 RPM Mr. And Mrs. F. H. Lacy (Gospel Melodists) - The Meeting In The Air / The Grumbler Song (1935)	I wasn't sure what this mid-30s recording would be like judging by this label description online, though I don't have the means to play 78s at the moment. I gather that "The Meeting In The Air" was popularised by and is identified with the Carter family. Youtube shows there is at least one other copy of this 78 in existence, as there's a personally introduced performance on there of "The Grumbler Song" on period equipment.... [YouTube Video] This weblink includes what may be a better description of the label, which would explain the link between a 1930s Glasgow recording and a compilation CD entitled "Black Religious Music (1930-1956)".
Scratchy45 25th Mar 2017		78 RPM Jimmy Noone's New Orleans Band - The Blues Jumped A Rabbit / Blues In E Flat (1937)	!938/39 by the Catalogue number sequence, I guess. Scanned a while back - I'm not sure why there's such a difference in colours on the different sides.
Scratchy45 6th Feb 2017		78 RPM Glenn Miller - Starlit Hour / A Million Dreams Ago (1946)	Haven't checked the copy yet but there seems to be an ST tax code visible on image 1198733, to back up the date.
Scratchy45 6th Feb 2017		78 RPM Mme. Epitropaki—K. Jordanou - Η γυναίκα που σκοτώνει (1929)	This song seems to have been crisscrossing the Atlantic over a number of years. There is an American recording from 1924 (the first?) by the rather better-known Marika Papagika (Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα) on Columbia 7009F. I would expect that to be documented by Richard Spottswood. [YouTube Video] Returning to V-8001/AO-546 there's a passing reference to the AO-546 recording and a Greek-market Odeon competitor Odeon GA1192 (and an awful lot more besides) in Edmund Michael Innes' exhaustive "Report on a visit to Greece April-May 1930" for H.M.V. There's a wealth of detail there about many things. It's available online from a few sources, but I first found this in 100+-page PDF form on the documents page of the "Recording Pioneers" site.
Scratchy45 1st Feb 2017		78 RPM Mme. Epitropaki—K. Jordanou - Η γυναίκα που σκοτώνει (1929)	My apologies xiphophilos for spreading a bit of confusion - I was thinking in terms of composer credits and of the way composers are entered on 45cat (multiple composer names are separated by a comma, regardless of what appears on the label). Artist names as they appear on the label are indeed a different kettle of fish, and the notes (which I failed to read completely) do clear up any ambiguity. I haven't checked online for any more info, but the composer names - even as entered - don't seem to appear on the label. On a different tack, the existence of this as a US release has got me thinking about the possible physical processes by which this European recording would have got from Greece to then be manufactured in New York (or to another diaspora population).
Scratchy45 1st Feb 2017		78 RPM Mme. Epitropaki—K. Jordanou - Η γυναίκα που σκοτώνει (1929)	Going by the label, there are two artists here with names separated by a hyphen. The label description is "duet",
Scratchy45 29th Jan 2017		78 RPM Ζωζώ Σαπουντζάκη - Μάμπο Ζεϊμπεκάνο / Η τελευταία νύχτα (Απόψε φίλα με) (1955)	Mambo Italiano came first, then the location moved a little further East in the Mediterranean for this 78. [YouTube Video] The first couple of verses and choruses start with bouzouki and voice, then they go round again with percussion more in tune with the M word.

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