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slholzer 28th Apr 2024		78 RPM Coleman Hawkins - Honeysuckle Rose / Crazy Rhythm (1937)	i Have identified at least 4 variants of the label on this disc. There may be more, as this was clearly one of the most popular Swing issues of all time. It originated on Victor and was also issued on various HMV's in several countries. To distinguish the variants note the following features: Typeface: One version has Times New Roman style type, the other three use Sans-Serif style type. The New Roman faced variant also bears the legend Made In France at the 6:00 o;clock position. All the others bear the legend Fabrique En France there. One variant is distinctive for having a solid gold disc in the logo surmounting a "hollow" Swing in black letters outlined in gold. All other versions have a black disc, surmounting a Swing of solid gold letters. This version is also unique in having lower case side designations (a & b) The final distinguishing feature is that some versions have the Side A comp credits in 2 lines, the others have it in one line. The versions I have seen, not necessarily in chronological order are: New Roman type-Made in France Sans Serif type-A&B side designations-2 line comp credits on Side A Sans Serif type-A&B side designations, 1 line comp credit on Side A Gold disc over Hollow black-lettered Swing-a &b side designations
slholzer 27th Apr 2024		78 RPM Alix Combelle - Echo / Elle Et Lui (1943)	There were black label and white label versions of this disc. The white labels had a full personnel listing, while the black did not. The whites were also stamped NP, indicating that they were manufactured from re-cycled shellac, while the black were not.
slholzer 16th Apr 2024		78 RPM Claude Trenier - Young Man's Blues (1949)	This disc is undoubtedly the same disc as Lamplighter LL 102, although the matrices have been changed from one issue to the other and the band has been renamed from Lamplighter All Stars to Crystalette All Stars.
slholzer 16th Apr 2024		78 RPM Charlie Venturo - I Don't Know Why / Charlie Boy (1949)	This disc is undoubtedly the same as Lamplighter LL 105 although the matrix numbers have been changed from one disc to the other. On Lamplighter the artist is identified as Charlie Venturo and the Lantern Five. The composers, left blank here, are Charlie Venturo for "Charlie Boy" and Ahlert-Turk for "I Don't Know Why". "I Don't Know Why" is expanded to "I Don't Know Why I Love You LIke I Do" on Lamplighter.
slholzer 11th Feb 2024		78 RPM Eddie Chamblee - La! La! La! Lady / Come On In	The A-side illustrated indicates the US issue of the side as on United disc U147. I do not know if that is correct or not. I would point out, however, that the disc indicated as a related disc, United U181, contains not only the B-side track as indicated on the label illustration but also the A-side track.
slholzer 1st Feb 2024		78 RPM The Danceland Ballroom Orchestra - Goodnight Waltz / Beautiful Dreamer	Someone who has the record: is this Beautiful Dreamer the classic waltz by Stephen FOSTER, or is this a new waltz by someone named Forster with the same title?
slholzer 30th Jan 2024		78 RPM Freddie Mitchell - Easter Boogie / Idaho Boogie (1950)	As a matter of clarification, the Easter Parade version does not exist only on black labels. It was also printed on beige labels, suggesting that error (If such it was) survived at least one event that offered an opportunity to fix it. What I would like to know is whether the alternate title was an erroneous labelling of the Easter Boogie track, or was in fact Irving Berlin's Easter Parade as the label indicates. Both titles showed the same matrix (D-7), although the authors were distinctly different. That is as far as I can carry the inquiry, since all I have are photos of both versions.
slholzer 12th Nov 2023		78 RPM Banat Tamburitza Orchestra - Ardelanka / Nebesko Kolo (1950)	Two versions of this disc were issued. The difference is that one version shows the A-side title as Ardelanka, the other as Erdeljanka. The matrix number is the same on both versions. Anyone know whic title would be considered "correct" and which in error? Anyone wanting to view the two versions can see both on the discogs website.
slholzer 10th Nov 2023		78 RPM Michael Herman's Folk Orchestra - 'Strommt Em Babeli (Babeli's Dream) / Dr Gsatzlig (1954)	There are two different versions of this issue. The sole difference that I can see is that the B-side title is spelled Dr Gsatslig on one versus with a "Z" as shown here. The variant version is available for viewing on the discogs website.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Arbie Gibson And The Drifters - Are You Teasing Me / Married By The Bible	I've not seen a Folk Music label like this one before. Has it been copied in black and white or is really black and white to start with?. In either case, it has the dark and light parts of the regular Folk Music labels reversed. It is not specifically designated as a promo copy, but color reversals of this type are not uncommon on promo labels industry-wide, so that is my best guess here.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Randy Barnett And Kelly Shanks - Too Old To Cut The Mustard / Good Old Mountain Dew	The B-side, in its entirety, was also used on Folk Music 145.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Rocky White - Missing In Action / Give Me More More Of Your Kisses	The B-side in its entirety was also used on Folk Music 139.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Various Artists - You Know I'm Still In Love With / Milk Bucket Boogie	Late, but relevant to Joe Wenderoth's inquiry, the entire B-side of this disc was also used on Folk Music 144. "Easy On The Eyes" by the Prairie Ramblers is in fact on that disc, as is The Gold Rush is Over, a vocal by Wally Moore.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Al Harmon - Honky Tonk Blues / Don't Just Stand There	the entire A-side was also used on Folk Music 141.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Al Britton - Mr. Moon / Hey Good Lookin'	Al Britton has been listed here as the artist on both A-side tracks. This is one of two reasonable interpretations for the label as printed. The other, which is that no artist has been identified for the second track, is actually the correct one. When this exact same entire side was used on Folk Music 125, the artist for both tracks were identified and the artist for Hey Good Lookin' was Texas Slim.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Texas Slim [Hillbilly] - Howlin' At The Moon / I Want To Be With You Always (1951)	Yet another example of a hybrid print: the old Folk Music Inc. logo on one side, the new Inc.-less logo on the other. I would speculate that the change must have taken a lot of people by surprise. Possibly they had a stock of pre-printed labels with the old logos already on that they needed to use up. I suppose it could be a bizarre way of distinguishing the A side from the B, but I am not used to thinking in those terms with regard to multi-track EP issues. I am not sure there was ever a bona-fide hit recording that started life on one of these. Granted, Folk Music's EPs were probably a cut above the average in terms of the quality of the music issued, but the EP was still primarily targeted at the bargain-hunting market. Marketing people would have been horrified at wasting a hot track on an EP when it could be used to sell that many more singles with a higher profit margin. It's worth noting thatt he Texas Slim side of the illustrated disc was also used in it's entirety on Folk Music 123 and Folk Music 127.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM R. B. Gibson - When The Saints Go Marchin' In / Onward Christian Soldiers (1951)	The illustrated disc is another example of a hybrid print, one side retaining the supposedly abandoned Folk Music, Inc. logo while the other adopts the new logo without the Inc. It is worth noting that, in this case at least, other copies of this disc exist with the new logo in use on both sides.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM R. B. Gibson - Slow Poke / Hey La La (1951)	On this disc, the A-side reverted to the Folk Music, Inc. style logo while the B-side used the new logo without the Inc.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Various Artists - I Wanna Play House With You / Let's Live A Litle (1951)	There are two distinct versions of Folk Music 129. Besides the illustrated version, there is one that features Nearer My God To Thee/Old Rigged Cross by Mac Farland on one side and Just A Closer Walk With Thee/Whispering Hope by Karen and Don Johnson on the other. Both versions of Folk Music 129 bear the label version that dispensed with the "Inc." in the logo, leaving a blank spot between the comma and the upside down musical note. They are the lowest number I have so far seen with the new label. It may have been implemented somewhere in the undocumented numbers 126-127-128. It is also worth noting that the Al Britton side of the illustrated disc was also used on Folk Music 124.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM Frank L. Kaltman [Called] - Virginia Reel / Virginia Reel	Photos suggest that this record was pressed with at least three different labels, the only difference between them being the color of the label: yellow, green or white.
slholzer 8th Nov 2023		78 RPM The Folkrafters - Brown Eyed Mary / Oh Susannah (1950)	There are light green original pressings and later dark blue pressings of this label. The B-side of the green labels is notable for departing from the usual spelling of The Folkrafters. It is spelled the normal way on the A side, but as The Folkcrafters on the B. Both sides returned to the usual spelling when the later Blue labels were printed.
slholzer 7th Nov 2023		78 RPM Scotty And Tar Heel Rubye - I Love You Blues / When We Say Goodbye (1951)	An interesting feature of the Folk star 600 series is that all the A sides have a "Matrix" number in a 4000 series, while all the B-sides have a number in a 2000 series. This leads me to believe that the matrixes are not true matrixes but control numbers, probably assigned at the time of issue rather the time of recording. What purpose is served by having separate series for the A and B sides escapes me. Perhaps someone knows? Only country records from the 600 series appear in this particular Folk Star list. If you consult the other Folk Star lists on this website, you will see that Folk Star issued other series as well, but this particular idiosyncracy is not in evidence on any of the other series. This could be because neither matrix nor control numbers appear on most Folk Star issues.
slholzer 19th Oct 2023		78 RPM Broadway Trio - Silent Night / Belfry Chimes (1923)	The Broadway Trio was used as a band name on Broadway and Harmograph for saxophonist F. Wheeler Wadsworth, pianist Victor Arden, and xylophonist George Hamilton Green. Brian Rust appears to have had very little information about the Federal label when he went to press with the American Dance Band Discography, but he has given us this very suggestive clue as to who the band on these two tracks are.
slholzer 3rd Oct 2023		78 RPM Brownie McGhee - Don't Dog Your Woman / Daisy (1953)	There are two versions of this disc. One spells the composer of both sides as McGee. The other spells it, probably correctly, on both sides as McGhee. This does not resolve the question of whether it is Brownie or Sticks they are referring to, but it probably firms up the idea that it is one of them.
slholzer 22nd Sep 2023		78 RPM George Riley (The Yodeling Rustler) - The Railroad Bum / The Grave By The Whispering Pine (1931)	Per Country Music Records 1921-1942, the real identity of George Riley is Goebel Reeves. These tracks were recorded in NYC on July 21, 1930 (the Online Discographical project, as it often does, thinks the actual date was a day earlier on July 20.) There are numerous other issues of these mxs (9894-3 fror Side A, 9887-2 for Side B), which you will find listed on p.736 of CMR (Country Music Records)
slholzer 29th Aug 2023		78 RPM Red Raven Orchestra - Mary Had A Little Lamb / Three Blind Mice (1961)	This disc was also issued in a blue wax version. Red Raven used a variety of colored vinyls, but so far it seems that they did not randomly press discs on whatever color they had on hand at the time. In other words, you will nearly always find the illustrated number on blue wax, while other numbers will always be on red or always on green. Black appears to have been part of the palette from the start as well, so some numbers will always be black.Red and green (and I would guess blue as well) are seen in brighter opaque waxes and also darker translucent waxes. There is probably no such variant for black. it wouldn't surprise me if black eventually became the only available color. Thus, if there is one color that all the numbers can be found on, it will almost certainly be black, and if any number is found on two distinctly different colors, it is most likely that one of them will be black.
slholzer 29th Aug 2023		78 RPM Red Raven Orchestra - Old MacDonald Had A Farm / Little White Duck (1956)	This particular disc is extant in at least two versions. One is on a brighter shade of green wax but opaque, whereas the other version would appear a darker green and more obviously translucent if placed side by side. I would judge the illustrated version to be the brighter opaque wax version. At least temporarily, you can view the darker version in an Ebay package currently for bid that also includes the rarely seen Magic Mirror attachment and an original Red Raven box.
slholzer 29th Aug 2023		78 RPM Red Raven Orchestra - Tootles The Tug / The Little Red Engine (1956)	People interested in the Red Raven discs can currently see on Ebay an original Red Raven boxed set of 4 discs with the Magic Mirror attachment and the original box included. Very nice photos of all the parts. Of more permanent interest, this particular disc was made in at least two versions. Both were issued on red wax, one being a brighter shade but more opaque, the other a darker red but more translucent. The dark red version is illustrated in the Ebay package.
slholzer 25th Aug 2023		78 RPM The Pretenders - I've Got To Have You Baby / Possessive Love (1956)	Some copies of this disc show the artist as The Pretenders featuring Jimmy Jones. That version of the label can be viewed on the discogs website.
slholzer 16th Aug 2023		78 RPM Joel Shaw - When You're Getting Along With Your Gal / Minnie The Moocher's Weddin' Day (1932)	Per Rust's American Dance Band Discography and also Sutton's Pseudonyms on American Records 1892-1942, Bob Dixon is a pseudonym for vocalist Dick Robertson. This disc is derived from the Crown label, bearing the same catalog number as the Crown issue. You will not find any of the Shaw orchestra's Gem issues listed in the American Dance Band Discography, but you can find the Crown issues and accept their identity with the Gem discs with high confidence.

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