78 RPM - Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) / Roundup Polka - Capitol Americana - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Tex Williams And His Western Caravan
Label:	Capitol Americana
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	40001
Date:	May 1947
Format:	10"
Genre:	Country
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	34 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$20
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PRICE GUIDE

$20

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Tex Williams And His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Merle Travis, Tex Williams	6.7 Rate
B	Tex Williams And His Western Caravan	Roundup Polka	Hal Ritchie, Ray Merrill	Rate

Notes

A side wax: 1799-5L-2 5 / [anvil] / 6
B side wax: 1512-2L / [anvil]
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton, PA pressing

A side wax: 1799-5L-5 / [anvil] / 4
B side wax: 1512-2L #11 / [anvil] / 1
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton, PA pressing

A side wax: 1799 - 5L - 5² / [anvil]
B side wax: 1512 - 2R - 3 [anvil]
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton, PA pressing

Billboard, May 31, 1947, page 1: Capitol ad, "Just Out!"

Images

Number: 418177 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: A Side Label	Number: 418178 Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: B Side Label	Number: 2465977 Uploaded By: whitewhale1965 Description: a-side detail	Number: 2465978 Uploaded By: whitewhale1965 Description: b-side detail
Number: 3235169 Uploaded By: Felonious Edited By: whitewhale1965 Description: A side clean	Number: 3269154 Uploaded By: Felonious Description: BB add	Number: 3269155 Uploaded By: Felonious Description: BB

Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 14th Feb 2024		This record was the first Capitol record that sold 1,000,000 copies, according to Peter La Chapelle, "That Mean Ol' Oakie Boogie", page 154.



BigBadBluesMan 4th Apr 2015		Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Roundup Polka



lorangrecords SUBS 29th Jul 2013		It's probably recorded in March or April, so May as month of rel. is of course possible. Maybe a change here?



fixbutte 9th Jun 2013		Definitely not released after June 1947: It first charted in the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records for week ending Jun 27, 1947, see Billboard of July 5, 1947, p. 31. It is listed in Billboard's Record Possibilities for week ending May 30, 1947, see Billboard of Jun 7, 1947, p. 30. It is also referred to as "the debut issue of the new Capitol Americana red label" there (released before #40000?). So even a late May 1947 release date seems plausible.



lorangrecords SUBS 9th Jun 2013		According to a Steven C. Barr disco, 40000 was the only one rel. in June, that 01 & 02 were rel. in July is a rather good guess, I think.