78 RPM - Comments by xiphophilos

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
xiphophilos 13th Nov 2024		78 RPM McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Will You, Won't You, Be My Babe? / Rocky Road (1932)	Exactly, the British The Gramophone Co. (label "His Master's Voice") held the British rights on the Nipper trademark.
xiphophilos 8th Nov 2024		78 RPM [no artist listed] - Shores Of Minnetonka / The Old Rustic Bridge	When the composer is unknown or not listed on the label, by the way, you should simply leave the composer field blank. If you can figure out the writers' names by Googling them, you can always add them to the Notes, as I have now done, or in a comment. I found the A side vocalist identified on M. G. Thomas' site: http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/LabelPages/Little_Marvel.htm
xiphophilos 8th Nov 2024		78 RPM [no artist listed] - Shores Of Minnetonka / The Old Rustic Bridge	The label profile on Discogs says (basically agreeing with our label bio here): Discs were initially 5½" in size but later increased to 6".
xiphophilos 8th Nov 2024		78 RPM Billy Scott-Coomber - Many Happy Returns Of The Day / Just A Song Called “Home Sweet Home" (1931)	Or is it Reggies? Probably the name of a previous owner. An artist wouldn't sign it twice on the same label and strike out the initial letter on the B side.
xiphophilos 6th Nov 2024		78 RPM The Page Cavanaugh Trio - Ok'l Baby Dok'l / (I Would Do) Anything For You (1948)	I'm sure a US version exists, but no one has yet entered it into this database.
xiphophilos 29th Oct 2024		78 RPM Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra - You Are My Sunshine / Old Timer (1940)	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 23rd Oct 2024		78 RPM "T" Texas Tyler And His Oklahoma Melody Boys - Filipino Baby / You Were Only Teasing Me (1945)	Here, too, the original label is the one without the licensing text in the margins, which was added in 1946
xiphophilos 23rd Oct 2024		78 RPM "T" Texas Tyler And His Oklahoma Melody Boys - Remember Me / Oklahoma Hills (1945)	The original label is the one without the licensing text in the margins, which was added in 1946. On his first releases, the artist also appears as T., later as "T" Texas Tyler.
xiphophilos 21st Oct 2024		78 RPM Bing Crosby - Sierra Sue / Marcheta (A Love Song Of Old Mexico) (1940)	The regular UK issue would be Brunswick 03044. I would enter the red Decca 3133 (if that's the cat. nr.) separately.
xiphophilos 14th Oct 2024		78 RPM Prince Lei Lani - Mauna Kea O Hawaii / Mahina Malamalamala (1920)	Thanks, I've linked the artists now to the main entry for Frank Ferera And Anthony Franchini.
xiphophilos 13th Oct 2024		78 RPM Django Reinhardt - Le Soir / Deccaphonie (1953)	I still don't know how someone can pay $500 when the starting price was $100 and he was the first and only bidder. At least with Ebay's automatic bidding, I would have thought that this person should have paid only $100, unless I misunderstand how their system works: "To set up automatic bidding on an auction listing, enter the maximum amount you’d like to pay for the item and select Place bid. We’ll bid in increments on your behalf to keep you in the lead but only up to your limit." Could it be that this person made a "Buy Now" bid? My experience with Ebay is extremely limited, as you can tell. In any case, the two items that sold for £34 and £40 more recently were described as and looked like E (which is really the highest grade I would ever give a shellac record unless it was virtually unused "old new stock"). Given how often the record appears on Ebay, it's not very common, but I also wouldn't call it extremely rare. Django was popular, after all. EX copies seem to go for between £20 and £40. Some may go for even less but popsike doesn't record sales under $20.
xiphophilos 12th Oct 2024		78 RPM Django Reinhardt - Le Soir / Deccaphonie (1953)	Someone actually paid $500 on Ebay on March 31, 2019: popsike. Because this is by far the highest price ever paid on Ebay for a Django record, it's the first one that shows up when you search for "Django Reinhardt" on popsike. Not sure why the price is so high since there was only 1 bidder and the starting price was $100. It was advertised as "E- nice glossy copy! Light marks with pressing(?) bump on Le Soir", not Near Mint.
xiphophilos 10th Oct 2024		78 RPM Three O’Clock Jam Session - Part 1 (1949)	If there was a problem with the fact that Gene Ammons was under contract with Mercury, why does Gene Ammons' name then appear listed on the label?
xiphophilos 9th Oct 2024		78 RPM Benny Goodman - A Jazz Masterwork (1941)	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 9th Oct 2024		78 RPM Benny Goodman - A Jazz Masterwork (1941)	B side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 9th Oct 2024		78 RPM Cass Hagan And His Hotel Manger Orchestra - Hallelujah! / Sometimes I'm Happy (1927)	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 9th Oct 2024		78 RPM Cass Hagan And His Hotel Manger Orchestra - Hallelujah! / Sometimes I'm Happy (1927)	B side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 7th Oct 2024		78 RPM Fletcher Henderson - Shanghai Shuffle / Down South Camp Meetin' (1934)	Only the B side here shows that this is Modern Rhythm Series No. 265. The A side should be Modern Rhythm Series No. 266, see here, but this label does not list the series at all.
xiphophilos 28th Sep 2024		78 RPM Harry James - Super Swing Music No. 127 & 128 (1939)	A side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 28th Sep 2024		78 RPM Harry James - Super Swing Music No. 127 & 128 (1939)	B side: [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 20th Sep 2024		78 RPM Henry Burr And The Peerless Quartette - A Rainbow From The U.S.A. / France We Have Not Forgotten You (1918)	I couldn't either, but yours are readable, and both have the same sub-variety ii of the Gold Band label with six patents in one long line. This style was used with label printing date code FY (June 1918) to DX (= April 1919).
xiphophilos 20th Sep 2024		78 RPM Benny Goodman - Sugar Foot Stomp / Riffin' At The Ritz (1956)	The first 146 pop titles in the series were announced for January 1956 in Billboard, December 31, 1955, pages 10 & 12. The new matrix numbers, starting with F = 1955, reflect the fact that RCA Victor engineers remastered these reissues, starting in 1955.
xiphophilos 20th Sep 2024		78 RPM Billie Holiday - I Cover The Waterfront / Lover, Come Back To Me (1947)	I think this is probably a repress from late 1947 or 1948 when Commodore introduced its "Starmaker Series."
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Cliff Carlisle - Chicken Roost Blues / Hen Pecked Man (1935)	Earlier labels moved up.
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Bradley Kincaid - The Fatal Wedding / Barbara Allen (1932)	The new labels represent a 1935-1937 repress.
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Δανάη & Βισβάρδης - Του Γιάννου Η Φλογέρα / Πλακιώτικη Κιθάρα (1938)	A: Του Γιάννου Η Φλογέρα [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Δανάη & Βισβάρδης - Του Γιάννου Η Φλογέρα / Πλακιώτικη Κιθάρα (1938)	B: Πλακιώτικη Κιθάρα [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Ρίτα Αμπατζή & Στελλἀκης - Θάλασσα Γαλάζια / Να Πας Πουλί Μου Το Καλό (1938)	A side: Θάλασσα Γαλάζια = "Blue Sea" [YouTube Video] Γαλάζια καλέ, γαλάζια που είναι η θάλασσα ωχ γαλάζιο και το κύμα σ' αγαπώ δεν είναι κρίμα Θυμάσαι καλέ, θυμάσαι στην ακρογιαλιά που μου έδωσε φιλάκι το γλυκό σου το χειλάκι Εκεί ωχ καλέ εκεί ορκίστηκα κι εγώ ότι θα σε κάνω ταίρι έμορφο μου περιστέρι Και σου είπα καλέ και σου είπα πως σε αγαπώ μπρος στο λαμπερό φεγγάρι πως θα γίνουμε ζευγάρι Ορκί- ωχ καλέ ορκίστηκα στη θάλασσα στο γαλάζιο της το κύμα σ' αγαπώ δεν είναι κρίμα
xiphophilos 18th Sep 2024		78 RPM Ρίτα Αμπατζή & Στελλἀκης - Θάλασσα Γαλάζια / Να Πας Πουλί Μου Το Καλό (1938)	B side: "Να Πας Πουλί Μου Το Καλό" = "Goodbye, my beautiful bird!" [YouTube Video]
xiphophilos 17th Sep 2024		78 RPM Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Margie / Palesteena (1921)	"Margie" is a very common record because it was the ODJB's greatest hit ever.

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