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Member	Item		Review/Comment
slholzer 12th Aug 2023		78 RPM Mr. "X" - And I Don't Mean Maybe / I Wonder Who The Fool Is Now (1926)	Photos (admittedly small ones) are available on the discogs website.
slholzer 12th Aug 2023		78 RPM Carl Williams - When You and I Were Young Maggie / My Old Kentucky Home (1924)	Allan Sutton indicates in Pseudonyms on American Records (1892-1942) that Carl Williams is a pseudonym for Howard Shelly. Because nothing is ever simple, however, he also notes that Howard Shelly is also suspected of being a pseudonym. So the two are probably the same guy, but we still maynot know who he really is.
slholzer 16th May 2023		Edison Diamond Disc American Symphony Orchestra - Apple Blossoms / Flower Song (1914)	It is quite easy to get very confused trying to sort out the release history of early Edison discs, particularly when you only have photos to work form. As may be noted from the illustrated examplar, the issue number does not appear on the labels of the early engraved versions. Neither does the matrix number. (The issue number (with side designation) would eventually be incorporated into the engraved labels. By 1915, paper labels would also include the matrix number. ) A paper-label of this disc can be viewed on the discogs site, which allows us to determine that that version used mxs 3812 and 2789 (recorded May 1915 and Jan-Feb. 1914, respectively,) and must therefore, have been issued no earlier than May, 1915. As I noted previously, the original version of Ed 50052 was reported by Wile as issued in August 1913, and must of necessity have used mxs 1261 and 1053. Assuming that the illustrated disc has been confirmed by the contributor to use mxs 1261 and 2789, it would logically have to have been issued no earlier than 1914. It's engraved label marks it as an earlier pressing than the discogs paper label. All of the above poses a practical problem: so far we have at least three discs bearing the same issue number, with three different combinations of mx numbers. The Trusound website indicates that at least two takes were issued of some of the mxs used on Ed 50052. There may be more pairings extant. Brian Rust and Ray Wile both support the notion that Edison likely issued all available takes of his records as a practical means of keeping up with the demands of record production. Arguably, every available pairing of the matrices is a different discographical object. with a different release date, even if we don't know what they were. A single listing entry iwill be challenged to document all of them without copious and potentially confusing notes. More than a few of your subscribers will likely find it beyond their skill level to properly identify the records they have in order to correctly place them in separate listings.
slholzer 8th May 2023		Edison Diamond Disc Walter Van Brunt - I Love The Name Of Mary / The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (1913)	Walter Van Brunt would later be better known as Walter Scanlan. He made many Edison recordings under that name.
slholzer 8th May 2023		Edison Diamond Disc Walter Van Brunt - Ma Lady Lu / Some Day (1913)	The R-side artist, shown in the Edison records as Walter Van Brunt, would eventually abandon that name and record prolifically on Edison as Walter Scanlan.
slholzer 8th May 2023		Edison Diamond Disc American Symphony Orchestra - Apple Blossoms / Flower Song (1914)	Per Raymond R. Wile's "Edison Disc Recordings, Book I of II" this disc underwent the pairing of sides process in the Edison labs in July, 1913 and was released for sale in August, 1913. That version must of necessity have used mx 1261-A on the R side and mx 1053 on the L side. Per Wile, later versions of Ed 50052 used mx 3812 on the R side and 2789 on the L, both of which were recorded after the original issue date of the disc. Wile does not provide release dates for the later pressings. It may be that such information is simply not available. Per Wile, the first 50 Edison Diamond Discs were made for use as machine demo discs and were pressed in small numbers. All but Ed 50001 and 50045 were dis-continued by July 1913. Ed 50013, referred to in the notes, would have been one of these. The L side of the illustrated disc would have been variously issued on demo discs Ed 50020, 50022 and 50026. All would be quite rare and most likely in heavily-used condition if you found them. If you are looking for either of these sides, you would do better to look for Ed 50052.. The tracks used on the demo discs were re-pressed on the next 24 numbers, although not with the same pairings of sides as the demo discs. This makes the illustrated disc one of the first Edisons made for general distribution to the public.
slholzer 19th Jan 2023		78 RPM Little Anthony And The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow / Two People In The World (1958)	There are at least three versions of this disc. One is an oddly dull version with art and logo like that illustrated but all in dark grey (as if done on a Xerox machine) and on a light grey ground. The other two have color art on a white ground as in the illustrated version, one of them being, in fact, the illustrated version. The other colored version is distinguished from the illustrated version by having two lines across the center of the label that create a bar enclosing the spindle hole and the text elements on either side of it. Unlike the illustrated label, which is credited to merely The Imperials, both the other colored variant and the grey variant are credited to Little Anthony and the Imperials
slholzer 19th Jan 2023		78 RPM The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You / At The Prom (1959)	There are actually two versions of End E-1046. Consequently, you should know which version you are dealing with before bidding or buying. I have no information regarding the relative values of the two versions. One version has At The Prom on the rev side, as in the disc that was apparently used in preparing this entry. The other version has Goodnight Sweetheart on the rev side, composed by R. Noble, J. Campbell and R. Connelly. Both versions have i Only Have Eyes For You on one side.
slholzer 7th Jan 2023		78 RPM Dee Clark - When I Call On You / Nobody But You (1958)	Some copies list accompaniment by the Riley Hampton Orchestra. These labels appear to be less common than the ones that do not.
slholzer 6th Jan 2023		78 RPM Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop / Sometimes (When I'm All Alone) (1957)	There is also a version of this disc without the 78- prefix.
slholzer 6th Jan 2023		78 RPM Paul Anka - Diana / Don't Gamble With Love (1957)	A version of this disc without the 78- prefix also exists.
slholzer 31st Dec 2022		78 RPM The De Castro Sisters - I'm Bewildered / To Say You're Mine (1954)	There is a variant of the labels on this disc. By comparison to the illustrated version, which has text elements on the left side of the spindle hole squarely aligned with one another on the left, the variant has the same text elements centered and stacked to create a sort of pyramid shape.
slholzer 31st Dec 2022		78 RPM Jim Reeves - I'll Follow You / Penny Candy (1954)	There is a variant version of the labels of this disc. By comparison to the illustrated labels, where the text elements on the left side of thes pindle hole are squarely aligned to the left, the same elements on the variant disc are centered one over the other, so that they form a sort of pyramid shape.
slholzer 31st Dec 2022		78 RPM Jim Reeves - I Could Cry / Mexican Joe (1953)	There are two variant versions of the label to at least The I could Cry side of this disc. For reference, note that the illustrated disc has all the text lines on the left side of the label squarely aligned. Variant one, which may be seen in the video attached to this entry, has the number 116a slightly shifted to the right as compared to the other lines. Variant two, which is in my photo database, has the second line of text slightly shifted to the right instead.
slholzer 31st Dec 2022		78 RPM Lee Barrett Orchestra, June Ward And The Barrett-Tones - Goodbye Sweetheart / Too Sure (1952)	I have an exemplar of this disc in my data base on which the Side A composers are listed as Reid and Biggs instead of Rand and Biggs. I believe that Reid is the composer's correct name, but not so strongly as to represent it as established fact.
slholzer 1st Sep 2022		78 RPM Columbia Band - American Beauty Waltz (1909)	Per the copy in my photo database, the label artist credit is simply Trombone Solo. There is no mention of a band, although it was commonly Oxford's practice to mention one when there was. Jock Girl's appropriate linkage to Col 1131 would suggest that there was a band, however (The ODP indicates the same), and that it's identity can be plumbed. An audit of the disc would settle the issue of the band's presence definitively. I think the identity is probably as definitive as it gets in this area of research.
slholzer 1st Sep 2022		78 RPM Billy Golden - Turkey In The Straw (1909)	There is a variant of this disc that identifies the artist as Billy Golden.
slholzer 1st Sep 2022		78 RPM Len Spencer And Steve Porter - Backyard Conversation Between Two Jealous Irish Washerwomen (1907)	Here's a good visual to distinguishing the difference between the 7" and 10" versions of this recording (Besides the obvious one of size, that is). It can be important for a collector to know, since I have discovered from experience that younger sellers often don't accurately describe a 78, thinking they are all 7" across like a 45 rpm. So here's the key: the 7" shown here has the title in two lines. The 10" versions I have seen have the title in three lines, making a more boxy lump of text than the strung-out text seen here.
slholzer 30th Aug 2022		78 RPM Various Artists - Rock Island Line / Forever Darling (1956)	Buck Ram is the commonly used name of the composer of The Magic Touch. It is probably a mistake that caused it to be entered as a single word on the label on Side B1.
slholzer 27th Aug 2022		78 RPM Arthur Ross And His Westerners - Where The Shy Little Violets Grow / Just Because It's You (1929)	Arthur Ross AH Westerners is a pseudonym on both sides of this disc. Per the American Dance Band Discography, on Side A the real idenntity of the band is Jerome Conrad AHO. On Side B, it is Lou Gold AHO. The A side vocalist is truly named Edmund Ruffner. on Side B, the ADBD advises it is Irving Kaufman. kaufman appeared on the Harmony version of this disc as Tom Frawley, and on others made at the same session as Robert Seelig and Arthur Seelig. Both sides were recorded in New York on September 28, 1928.
slholzer 27th Aug 2022		78 RPM Gay Ellis - Am I Blue? / Daddy Won't You Please Come Home (1929)	Gay Ellis is a pseudonym on these tracks for Annette Hanshaw. Per Jazz Records, 6th Ed., they were recorded in New York on May 31, 1929.
slholzer 26th Aug 2022		78 RPM Frisco Syncopators - Oh Baby (Don't Say No, Say Maybe) / I Can't Get The One I Want (1924)	The B-side is Fletcher Henderson AHO. It was recorded c. June 19, 1924 in New York. It has been widely circulated on a lot of labels using a lot of pseudonyms, most of which can be tracked in Rust's Jazz Records, 6th ED. This particular issue isn't listed there but you can mentally insert it in the queue of BD&M labels in front of the number 11384 and you'll be covered.
slholzer 26th Aug 2022		78 RPM Martha Pryor - Lazy / Since Ma Is Playing Ma Jong (1924)	The B-side may be found listed in The American Dance Band Discography under Harry Reser's name. The mx is shown as 1723-2, and Chas. Dale is declared to be Arthur Fields. The A -side may be found under Martha Pryor's name in Jazz Records 6th Ed., which listing is earned by virtue of the interesting accompaniment, which, Rust states, is not the California Ramblers. Had he noticed that the mx (1724-3) is adjacent to that of the other side, which he identified as Harry Reser all those years earlier, he no doubt would have proposed him as the candidate to be the Golden Gate Orch. on both sides. Martha Pryor is the vocalist's correct name. The sides were recorded in New York in March, 1924.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Wade's Moulin Rouge Orchestra - You've Got Ways I'm Crazy About / So Long To You And The Blues (1924)	Per Rust's Jazz Records 6th Ed., the A side was recorded in Chicago in February, 1924. The B Side was recorded in New York in January, 1924.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Metropolitan Dance Orchestra - Monavanna / Forget Me Not Means Remember Me (1924)	Per The American Dance Band Discography, these two tracks are by Harry Reser's Orchestra. They were recorded in New York c, Feb. 16, 1924.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Frisco Syncopators - Back O'Town Blues / St. Louis Blues (1924)	Per Rust's Jazz Records 6th Ed., these two tracks are by the Original Memphis Five. They were recorded c. Dec. 1, 1923 in New York.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] - Bit By Bit You're Breaking My Heart / I've Got A Song For Sale (1924)	Per The American Dance Band Discogrpahy and Jazz Records 6th Ed., this disc is the California Ramblers in their most common alter-ego as the Golden Gate Orchestra. Both tracks were recorded in New York on November 5, 1923. [Mod comment. Artist edited.]
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Empire State Novelty Orchestra - That Bran' New Gal O' Mine / Calico Days (1924)	The American Dance Band Discography shows both these tracks recorded in Chicago in late June, 1924. In fact, they are consecutive matrices, which strongly suggest that they were made at the same session and that the two bands are one and the same band. Rust does not indicate the use of a pseudonym in either case, but it seems highly likely that at least one, and possibly both names are exactly that. Each of these "bands" has exactly the one track listed in the ADBD. I note, however, that the same track ("Calico Days") is listed in the Online Discographical Project as on Triangle 11297 as by the Parkway Police Orch. I would be surprised if there are not others to be found.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Golden Gate Orchestra - Never Again / To-Nights The Night (1924)	According to the American Dance Band Discography, these tracks are by Nathan Glantz AHO. Side A is listed as recorded in New York in April, 1924 bey Emerson, then subsequently also issued by Grey Gull and Puretone. Side B is listed as recorded in New York in May or June, 1924, also by Emerson. The title is listed as To-Night's The Night I Should Be With You. Rust also indicates in his pseudonym cross-indexings that Nathan Glantz issued Never Again under the Frisco Syncopators name on Puretone 11338. There is no reference to that in the Nathan Glantz chapter, however, only to Puretone 11375. If anyone can clarify that situation, that would be nice.
slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Raderman's Dance Orchestra - After The Storm / Jealous (1924)	These tracks were recorded in new York, c. April, 1924 per the American Dance Band Discography. They were originally on Paramount 20325 and were also issued on Triangle, Ross Stores and Puritan with catalog number 11371.

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