78 RPM - Comments by the Flea

78 RPM - Comments by the Flea

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
the Flea 28th Mar 2015		78 RPM Frank Riley - A Pal Must Be A Pal For Ever / Now	Does anyone know anything about this artist or record ? I'm wondering if Riby should be Riley
the Flea 23rd May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Just seen another copy that is basically the same as the"Alternate" copy above but has brackets around both matrix'
the Flea 10th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	We know this but would Coral ? I have doubts that Coral would really care who did or did not have writing credit as long as all the writers got credit (deserved or otherwise).
the Flea 10th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Does anyone know why there's a comma after Allison and a semi-colon after Holly ?
the Flea 10th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Yes, XT came into force on 1st June 1957. So either the record was made prior to June and the M designates an additional levy (M for More perhaps). Or the record was made after 1st June, the engineers at Coral chose to ignore the tax code change and put the M on the label to signify the change in tax. The latter seems unlikely to me, they could have lost their jobs ignoring tax changes. The former sounds odd in that why would Coral make a single then wait 4 months to release it. Unless of course we have our dates wrong and the single was released almost simultaneously with the American release???
the Flea 9th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	The tax code for 1957 was RT and this can just be seen on the That'll Be The Day side of the record. The full runout markings are thus:- I'm Looking For Someone To Love side:- 12 noon: 3pm: KB 6pm: CA VC-102021-1 9pm: 1 That'll Be The Day side:- 12 noon: RT 3pm: BN 6pm: CA VC-102022-1 9pm: 2 The CA is missing on some of the records and RT might be missing on some of the records, its very faintly stamped on the ones I can see it on.
the Flea 8th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Nothing in the runoff area is different to the non-M versions. I have had a look at my other copies in strong light, just to see if there was a faint M, but nothing. I think it just happens to be sheer luck that my four copies have M on the same track. I've seen two Teresa Brewer 78's (London, April 1956), 1 with a letter M on the "A" side and the other with it on the "B" side. There is no mention anywhere of an M tax code Digging further, there is a letter H on both sides of teresa Brewer's 1950 record "Copenhagen".
the Flea 8th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Hi YD, thanks for the comment but to me it's deffo an M, the legs are perpendicular whereas a W's legs would be angled. And it is an embossed letter, slightly raised so the black ink of the paper has been rubbed away over time.
the Flea 7th May 2013		78 RPM Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (1957)	Lovely record
the Flea 7th May 2013		78 RPM Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift / Rock Around With Ollie Vee (1959)	78rpm, bound to be a bit blurred at that speed lol
the Flea 7th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Purely a matrix reason. That'll be the Day is generally concidered the "A" side but the lower matrix gets my vote every time ;)
the Flea 7th May 2013		78 RPM The Crickets - That'll Be The Day / I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love (1957)	Lets see if I can get this right:- 1st disc has no brackets around the matrix numbers and both sides are by Southern 2nd disc has brackets only around side 2 matrix and only side 2 is by Copyright Control 3rd disc has brackets around both matrix' and both sides are Copyright Control Now obviously disc 2 side 2 and disc 3 side 2 are the same but disc 3 side 2 has a letter "M" very close to the spindle (directly under the"C" of Coral). Is this a tax letter ?
the Flea 26th Mar 2013		78 RPM Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys - Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Half As Much (1952)	Some nice rekids you got there pardner ;)
the Flea 25th Feb 2013		78 RPM Ted Weems - Jiminy Cricket / Monstro The Whale (1939)	"Lighter fuel sometimes works" is that with or without naked flame nearby?
the Flea 21st Feb 2013		78 RPM Bill Haley Y Su Agrupación - En El Parque De Diversiones (Razzle-Dazzle) / Dos Perros De Caza (Two Hound Dogs) (1956)	1955 is only a guess, it may have been very early 1956. [Have changed this to 1956, which seems more likely, given that the US version of the previous cat. nr., 50009, wasn't even released before Jan. 1956. Mod.]
the Flea 21st Feb 2013		78 RPM Bill Haley Y Su Agrupación - Bailando El Rock (Rock Around The Clock) / Trece Mujeres (Thirteen Women) (1955)	Can the mods link this to Bill Haley and the Comets? [Done. Mod.]
the Flea 5th Feb 2013		78 RPM Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue / Everyday (1958)	Excellent much appreciated ;-)
the Flea 5th Feb 2013		78 RPM Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue / Everyday (1958)	I've gone with a release date of 15th Nov. 1957 for this Australian release which is the same as the UK version. The U.S. version was released on 20th Sept. 1957.
the Flea 5th Feb 2013		78 RPM Hank Williams - El Indio De Madera (Kaw-Liga) / Quita Estas Cadenas De Mi Corazon (Take These Chains From My Heart) (1953)	Kaw-Liga was first released in America in January 1953, Take These Chains was first released in America in April 1953. I've plumbed for April 1953 for this Argentinian release.
the Flea 5th Feb 2013		78 RPM Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys - Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Baby, We're Really In Lovr (1951)	The "A" side was originally released in America in March 1950 and the "B" side was originally released in America in November 1951. So I've gone with November 1951 for this Japanese release, although it probably was released later.