78 RPM - Louis Armstrong - It's All In The Game / When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Brunswick - UK

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Louis Armstrong
Label:	Brunswick
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	04858
Date:	Jan 1952
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	17 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Louis Armstrong	It's All In The Game	Dawes, Sigman	6.0 Rate
B	Louis Armstrong	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	L. Rene, O. Rene, C. Muse	Rate

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Credited as "Louis Armstrong And Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra"

Side 1: L.6550
Side 2: L.6551

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tomaszposzwinski 23rd Dec 2023



paneity 22nd Nov 2017		Well spotted xiphophilos! I didn't notice the tax codes were different on either side. Amazing to be able to date this one so accurately.



xiphophilos 13th Nov 2017		With their combined N and +IP purchase tax codes, your copy, paneity, must be right from the time when the 66% purchase tax rate (+IP code) was replaced by the 50% purchase tax rate (N code) in April 1953. The blurrier labels both have N codes, so are from Apr. 1953-Oct. 1955.



paneity 13th Nov 2017		Sharper label scans added.



Scratchy45 30th Mar 2013		Thanks for the info PhilMH . I was aware the matrix numbers don't potentially mean much more than what you say. The only discography mention I can find lists sides as per the entry above in the order I've used. I can't find out which take this as I can't play this or any other 78 at the moment. If I see something like this in the local charity shop I'd prefer to give it a home before it gets broken by the browsers (the most likely fate in the shop where I found it).



PhilMH 30th Mar 2013		I just remembered that I came across a Louis Armstrong discography a few months ago, so here are the session details: "Louis Armstrong With Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra November 28, 1951, Los Angeles, CA It's All In The Game (Sigman, Carl; Dawes, General Charles G.) [master L6550] -- Decca 27899 When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Rene, Leon; Rene, Otis; Muse, Clarence) [master L6551] -- Decca 27899 When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Rene, Leon; Rene, Otis; Muse, Clarence) [master L6551] -- Decca 27899 Jeannine (Shilkret; Gilbert) [master L6552] -- Decca 28076 Indian Love Call (Friml; Harbach; Hammerstein) [master L6553] -- Decca 28076 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Jenkins, Gordon (Arranger, Conductor) Grifford, Charles (Trumpet) Thow, George (Trumpet) Hudso, Bruce Hudson (Trumpet) Miller, Eddie (Tenor Saxophone) Eckel, Dent Eckels (Tenor Saxophone) LaVere, Charlie (Piano) Reuss, Allan (Guitar) Stephens, Phil (Bass) Fatool, Nick (Drums) Unknown personnel (Strings) The two takes of SLEEPY TIME are identical, except that the second (used on all reissues) substitutes the word "people" for "darkies". " http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section6



PhilMH 30th Mar 2013		You can't necessarily go by the matrix numbers when determining the A-side - in US Decca's case (where these comes from), the matrices simply reflect the order in which the songs were recorded at the original recording session, which looks to have been in Los Angeles. Anyway, "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" was the charted side in the USA, entering the chart on Jan 17th 1952 and peaking at #19 (Decca 27899). Louis first recorded the song in 1931 (Okeh 41504). I don't have a UK release date, unfortunately, because Paul Pelletier's Brunswick listing started at 05000 (November 1952). It's always possible that UK Decca/Brunswick changed the A-side for UK release, but who knows at this late date?



Scratchy45 30th Mar 2013		I went by the matrix numbers for A/B or Side1/Side2 when adding this, though I see on 45cat the US 45 rpm release has those same numbers but with the songs in the reverse order. Looking elsewhere I see that Louis Amstrong recorded "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" many, many times. [On the US 45rpm, the "Sleepy Time Down South" side is marked as the B side with a star behind the matrix number. So you entered the songs here in the correct order. Mod.]

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Linked Releases

Canada - Decca - 1951

USA - Decca - 1951

Norway - Brunswick - 1952