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Member	Item		Review/Comment
scrough 8th Jan 2020		78 RPM Original Washboard Beaters - Yale Rhythm / Lazy Weather (1927)	This was submitted with an Apr 1951 release date, but was released in Nov 1927. Parlophone unfortunately duplicated some numbers in the R-3000 range. The key clue is the horn gramophone on the label!
scrough 7th Jan 2020		78 RPM Jean Vaissade - Aye ! Mama... / Mon Bel Amigo (1948)	Yes, JO series is 'Continental Export', so not intended for any particular country. See Mike Thomas' Website for listing and this catalogue for some export series prefixes.
scrough 11th Dec 2019		78 RPM Alexander Prince - Estudiantina Waltz / The Blue Bells Of Scotland (1912)	Moved earlier multicoloured labels to the top. The monochrome labels were introduced circa late 1917, and the gold on claret labels circa mid 1922.
scrough 10th Dec 2019		78 RPM Whitlock - Pretty Pond Lillies / Go As You Please (1912)	This is a second issue, side A was re-recorded circa 1921. The original side A release was by Len Ward, see Bell Disc 130
scrough 2nd Dec 2019		78 RPM Whit Cunliffe - Paree, That's The Place For Me / Any Girl Is Better Than No Girl (1912)	B Side 28109. Please can you add these to the notes section when you first enter the records. You can also date many of your recent additions to the month if you have a Windows PC. See this thread.
scrough 25th Nov 2019		78 RPM The Very Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard - Let Me Enjoy This 'Ere War In Peace / The Relevance Of Christianity (1930)	Quote: "Interestingly, these notes (may) seem to date the record release as the 31st March 1930. If so, then this contradicts the dating software, which states release during April 1930." Software dates from Frank Andrews "HMV B Series". But 31st of March is almost April, and we don't know when they were delivered to the retailers. Perhaps slightly in advance of the monthly supplement date?
scrough 25th Nov 2019		78 RPM 1st Life Guards Band - Carmen Selection, Part 1 / Carmen Selection, Part 2 (1913)	My source (CLPGS Ref Series 11) has this as Cat Num 710.
scrough 25th Nov 2019		Cylinder George Formby [Senior] - Plink Plonk (The Skin Of A Spanish Onion) (1909)	Released May 1909 in the UK. Perhaps "The Edison Phonograph Monthly" consulted is a USA publication? UK and USA release dates are different and as this is a British (12xxx series) amberol it would have been UK released before USA. @Whyperion - all amberols (wax and blue) are 4 minute cylinders.
scrough 24th Nov 2019		78 RPM Joseph Cohen - Oif In Unteren Bord Walk / Siben Techter	This record is from a Jewish 6000 series, sourced from American Vocalion recordings. Joseph Cohen is pseudonym for Aaron Lebedeff, The A side comes from Vocalion 13009 and the B side from Vocalion 13008, recorded about Feb 1924.
scrough 24th Nov 2019		78 RPM Mr. Will Thompson - Long, Long Way To Tipperary / I'm Lonesome (1913)	I've changed the date on this for reasons too complicated to explain in a simple comment, so I've written a new label biography to explain this discographer's nightmare label.
scrough 22nd Nov 2019		78 RPM Mr. Len Ward - Fairyland / Skaters Waltz	Both sides of this record suggest it was pressed by Edison-Bell, when compared with the A side of Bell Disc 131. Both have a 2335 face number/matrix marking on the label. The B side (also with a 2186 marking) was released on Bell Disc 57. The artist is Billy Whitlock.
scrough 21st Nov 2019		78 RPM Mr. Jack Charman - Fall In And Follow Me / Come Over The Garden Wall (1910)	Recorded (or coupled?) 4 October 1910 (date at right on label). Released Nov 1910 in this coupling, and given a 'serial number' of 276 in April 1911.
scrough 11th Nov 2019		78 RPM Monsieur Bravo - Derrière La Musique Militaire (Behind The Band) (1899)	I added the missing final '3' to the catalogue number. The matrix number (3186) to the right of the centre hole shows this to be part of Fred Gaisberg's unlettered matrix series recorded between 14 July and 6 Aug. 1899 (approx 3132-3453) in Paris.This is probably why 'London' appears above the centre hole. See the second item in this Kelly Database search and also Brian Rust's article on Gaisberg's 7 inch matrixes in Talking Machine Review No 63-64 for Autumn 1981.
scrough 11th Nov 2019		78 RPM La Garde Republicaine - Schottisch Des Pierrots (1904)	The Kelly Online Database says that the X suffix recording is from 1904. Use the basic search with Issue Number 30092. You can click on each entry for more details. This database is a great resource for early Berliner/Gramophone Co./G&T/HMV recordings. I've updated the notes.
scrough 7th Nov 2019		78 RPM Alexander Prince - Destiny Waltz / Lynwood March (1917)	Earlier labels added
scrough 30th Sep 2019		78 RPM Don Azpiazu And His Havana Casino Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor / True And Sincere Love (1930)	We can't think of this series as exclusively destined for Africa. By 1951 the GV series was an 'International' series (see the 1951-2 UK Trade Catalogue image here). GV1 was still in the catalogue at this date. However the earliest release date given in the listing is GV 152 for Sept 1948, which is marked for deletion on 31 Jan 1952.
scrough 28th Sep 2019		78 RPM Various Artists - Black And White Rhythm Style Series No.1 & 2 (1936)	Not listed in 1950-51 catalogue (issues to 30 June 1950), so deleted 1949/50.
scrough 24th Sep 2019		78 RPM Various Artists - Black And White Rhythm Style Series No.1 & 2 (1936)	CE7691-1 was recorded 18 June 1936 and CE7694-1 on 23 June which suggests a slightly earlier recording date than suggested in the notes. The cat number also suggests a late 1936 release (approx R2140 to R2284 in 1936). A review of this record appeared in the September 1936 edition of The Gramophone magazine. No other releases in this series are known.
scrough 22nd Sep 2019		78 RPM Sir Harry Lauder - Boss o' the Hoose / Soosie McLean (1926)	The A side is probably Cc 7074. Lauder recorded this twice with the later matrix being Cc 13342. Data from CHARM (https://charm.rhul.ac.uk/)
scrough 9th Sep 2019		78 RPM Michael Casey - Casey At The Dentist's / Casey Taking The Census (1915)	To put this in the correct context, many records remained in the Regal (and other labels) catalogue for a very long time, so calling it a 're-issue' isn't correct. This version (mx:29900/29824) was finally deleted from the catalogue in September 1927, when it was replaced by an electrical re-recording (cat no. 7115R, mx: A5948/A5947) made on 9 August 1927. This re-recording remained in the catalogue until February 1942. However many Regal recordings were acoustically re-recorded around 1923/4 and they can only be determined from the matrix number, not the label design.
scrough 16th Aug 2019		78 RPM Enrico Caruso - The Lost Chord (1912)	The zero before any main number in HMV single sided discs (eg 0xxxx, 1-0xxxx, 2-0xxxx, 3-0xxxx where xxxx is 1 to 5 digits) indicates a 12 inch record. But its very easy to forget to change the size from the default 10 inch when entering a new record.
scrough 12th Aug 2019		78 RPM Regimental Band Of H.M. Grenadier Guards - The Parade Of The Tin Soldiers / The Burial Of Cock Robin (1915)	Discographers use the 'W' convention to indicate a disk recorded using the Western Electric process. You'll find it in the runout as a W in a circle. Columbia later moved to its own electric recording system and those matrices are usually given as CAX... as the symbol in the runout changes to C in a circle. Most Columbia electrical re-recordings have an R suffix on the catalogue number, so we list them separately.
scrough 12th Aug 2019		78 RPM Regimental Band Of H.M. Grenadier Guards - The Parade Of The Tin Soldiers / The Burial Of Cock Robin (1915)	The side variations were recorded 26 Feb 1926, matrices WAX1323-2/WAX1324. Ronald Taylor's discography has these releases with a catalogue number with an R suffix, but in this case obviously not!
scrough 29th Jul 2019		78 RPM The Five Smith Brothers - The Lambton Worm / A Gordon For Me (1952)	Catalogue number entered (R3461) incorrect! Updated
scrough 29th Jul 2019		78 RPM Lord Kitchener - Nora (1950)	The MP series is an export series. Added Parlophone announcement from May 1951 to show this.
scrough 27th Jul 2019		78 RPM Jim Dale - Piccadilly Line / I Didn't Mean It (1957)	Added cat number and date. A side [YouTube Video]
scrough 25th Jul 2019		78 RPM Lord Beginner - Housewives / The General Election (1950)	Added missing B side title and release date.
scrough 20th Jul 2019		78 RPM F. Lemarque - A Paris / Buy My A Zeppelin	And E Mac Coll is Ewan MacColl. See here.
scrough 11th Jul 2019		78 RPM Mr. Peter Dawson - Glorious Devon / Young Tom O' Devon (1911)	Images moved and re-ordered, as Bamboo's supplied images are earlier label version.
scrough 10th Jul 2019		78 RPM Peter Wyper - Inverness Gathering / Silverton Polka (1915)	Added later labels

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