78 RPM - Bill Haley And His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / Thirteen Women - Brunswick - UK

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Bill Haley And His Comets
Label:	Brunswick
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	05317
Date:	Sep 1954
Format:	10"
Genre:	Rock & Roll, Vocal
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	116 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$37
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PRICE GUIDE

$37

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Bill Haley And His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock	Knight, Freedman	9.3 Rate
B	Bill Haley And His Comets	Thirteen Women	Thompson	7.5 Rate

Notes

A side (Decca mx. 86163) recorded at the Pythian Temple, New York, NY, April 12, 1954.
B side (Decca mx. 86164) recorded at the Pythian Temple, New York, NY, April 12, 1954.

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Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 30th Jan 2025		The "f" in "featured" on image 414578 is lower-case, but not in Italics.



tomaszposzwinski 16th Dec 2023



dunk78 17th Apr 2023



MrPasta SUBS 14th Nov 2020



Pridesale 1st Jun 2020		We wanted a Brunswick pressing the original has the slightly slower western swing tempo



Pridesale 1st Jun 2020		I knelt on my copy of this in 1978 Thats what happens when you do sorting



Pridesale 1st Jun 2020		List of known recording performances By Bill Haley and His Comets. http://oldgood.org/ratc/en/bill.html



Redpunk SUBS 28th May 2020		Added R/T label scans with matrix no. further to right.



vinylpassion 16th Apr 2020		Has anyone got a copy of the ultra rare uk decca export issue? If so a scan would be great



Whyperion SUBS 13th Oct 2019		Did no one spot the 65 years since release of Rock Around The Clock back in September. Still not old enough to collect a old age pension in present day UK



Whyperion SUBS 13th Oct 2019		My one "Made in England For Brunswick LTD. on the top, that is rimmed." R/T Tax Code, Small(We're Gonna)'



Redpunk SUBS 3rd Dec 2018		Added 'N' side B label.



Pridesale 24th Mar 2018		USA Decca Pressing is this a vinyl 78? as YT commenter suggests ! comments on 45cat tell me recorded on 300 Ampex at 30ips.



Pridesale 24th Mar 2018		The reason for the slow burn to number 1 was mainly the inclusion of Rock Around The Clock in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, and the tie in from that.



mister_tmg 22nd Sep 2017		This would have taken a year and two months to reach #1 - although it reached the top in its ninth week on the chart, it spent most of the period after its release outside the bestsellers' list, until it began its ascent. I wonder if that's some kind of chart record.



bigyella 13th Feb 2017		First entered the UK charts briefly in January 1955 (while 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' was top ten) but went on to achieve its most successful run in December 1955 - January 1956 when it would spend ten weeks in the top three, and five weeks in total at #1. Returned to the top ten for another month later in 1956.



DreamMachine 20th Jun 2016		Original Black & Gold Scans Added



RadnaNotions 25th Feb 2016		Thanks guys.



PhilMH SUBS 25th Feb 2016		Listed as a new release in the September 1954 Brunswick record supplement. [mod: corrected from Dec 1954 to this date]



mister_tmg 25th Feb 2016		September 1954, according to the book First Hits.



RadnaNotions 24th Feb 2016		Is this release date definitely right? The dates on other Brunswick releases around this cat no would place this around July or August.



mister_tmg 24th Feb 2016		Would be great if someone could add scans of that!



soultwinz SUBS 24th Dec 2014		Original first issue UK copies are on the Black and Gold Brunswick label design



fixbutte 14th Mar 2014		Even if 13 Women was intended as the A side by Decca, it was Rock Around The Clock that became a regional hit in the Northern states of the USA within two or three weeks after the release of the single, see This Week's Best Buys in Billboard of May 29, 1954 (I uploaded a clip of it to the US entry).



Maxonian 13th Mar 2014		Any truth in the contention I heard the other week that 13 Women was the original A side and The other only became famous as a result of Blackboard Jungle?



Lovinda ● 26th Dec 2013



Alan Warby 1st Jul 2013		Reached Number 1 in the NME charts. It was also awarded a Gold Disc.



Ready Teddy 1956 13th Apr 2013		Sheet music uploaded



carryonsidney 19th Feb 2013		This was also issued with the old fashioned Brunswick label gold print - will scan sometime in future!



gregs45s SUBS ● 7th Jan 2013		Very minor variation on A side,the ' f ' in Featured is itallic,and a variation of the B side uploaded.Can i also add "Yipee" to 78 world, a great addition,should keep me busy for a while:).