78 RPM - Harry James - Back Beat Boogie / Night Special - Columbia - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Harry James
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	35456
Date:	2 May 1940
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	18 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Harry James	Back Beat Boogie	James	10.0 Rate
B	Harry James	Night Special	James, Mathias	10.0 Rate

Notes

Harry James and his Orchestra.
'A Jazz Masterwork'.

A: mx LA2054 (label); LA-2054-A (runout).
B: mx LA2052 (label); LA2052A (runout).
Both recorded Los Angeles, CA, November 30, 1939.

Reviewed in the Evansville Argus, May 31, 1940, page 3.
Radio and Television Mirror, August 1940, page 77.

Images

Number: 994329 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Columbia 35456 A Side Variant Font (1940-41 from Bridgeport, CT)	Number: 994330 Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Columbia 35456 B Side Variant Font (1940-41 from Bridgeport, CT)	Number: 412897 Uploaded By: LouisSidney Edited By: leonard Description: A label (late 1942 variant from Bridgeport, CT)	Number: 426767 Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: B-side label (1943 variant from Bridgeport, CT) (from the image collection of Diognes_The_Fox)
Number: 1740845 Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Columbia 35456 A side label (1946-1948 pressing)	Number: 1740846 Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Columbia 35456 B side label (1946-1948 pressing)	Number: 412958 HIDDEN Uploaded By: LouisSidney Edited By: leonard Description: B Label

Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 26th Aug 2018		Added 1946-1948 label version with only two lines of patent text, listing only Pat. No. 1,702,564.



W.B.lbl 12th Jan 2017		{Images #994329 & 994330} was pressed first, up to the end of 1941. The instrumentalists' roster was listed in 6 point No. 11, a serif font used in tandem with 6 point Gothic Condensed No. 4 which was used in one way or another by Columbia East Coast pressing plants thru mid-February 1968. {Image #412897} would have been later 1942 (same serif type seen through the way overprinting) and {Image #426767} was from around 1943, by which time a whole 'nother label printing job was struck; the sans-serif typeface mentioned before was now used for who played on the record. (And that's not counting the differences in fine print below the 'COLUMBIA' as atop the spindle hole, or the 'Trade-Mark' right below the notes and microphone on {Images #994329 & 994330}, that disappeared by the time {Images #412897 & 426767} were pressed.) Both typesetting jobs were from Bridgeport, CT, so 'twas all in the family, as they say.



xiphophilos 3rd Mar 2016		Labels with different fonts uploaded, e.g., Fox Trot differently aligned under title "Night Special". I hope W.B.Ibl will explain the differences.



fixbutte 2nd Feb 2015		@SeberHusky "Night Special should be the A-Side and Back Beat Boogie on the B-Side." One may discuss this, based on the matrix numbers (LA 2052 for "Night Special", LA 2054 for "Back Beat Boogie"). Still, "Back Beat Boogie" was the more popular number, listed as a territorial favorite again in Billboard in March 1944, and there is no explicit A/B designation on the labels. "The year should also be 1939." Both sides were recorded on the same day, on Nov 30, 1939. They were not released in 1939 though, but on the day listed above and taken from the records of Columbia. "This is based on the information Discogs has on this record: http://www.discogs.com/Harry-James-And-His-Orchestra-Night-Special-Back-Beat-Boogie/release/1881480" Discogs may be an additional source in individual cases, but it is not a reliable source on a general basis.



xiphophilos 14th Jan 2014		B Side:



LouisSidney 2nd Jul 2013		The two "Night Special" labels are in fact slightly different.



TheJudge 16th Jun 2013		With acknowledgement to LouisSidney, clearer B-side label uploaded.



LouisSidney 22nd Dec 2012		"Back Beat Boogie :