78 RPM - The Platters - Twilight Time / Out Of My Mind - Mercury - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	The Platters
Label:	Mercury
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	71289
Date:	4 Apr 1958
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own, 4 Want
Price Guide:	$53
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PRICE GUIDE

$53

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	The Platters	Twilight Time	B. Ram, M. Nevins, A. Nevins, A. Dunn	10.0 Rate
B	The Platters	Out Of My Mind	D. Brinson, B. D. Smith	9.0 Rate

Notes

Also issued on 45 RPM as 71289X45

78 RPM copies of this release only accounted for 1.8 percent of total sales of this #1 smash, with 45 RPM's comprising 98.2 percent. This led Mercury vice president / treasurer Irwin H. Steinberg to announce in June 1958 (per BB, June 9, 1958) that his label would henceforth cease production of 78's.

Images

Number: 413508

THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: W.B.lbl
Description: A side (label variant from RCA Victor's Indianapolis, IN plant)

Number: 413509

Uploaded By: W.B.lbl
Description: B side (label variant from RCA Victor's Indianapolis, IN plant)

Comments and Reviews


BigBadBluesMan 17th Dec 2015



slholzer 11th Oct 2015		Many of you are better equipped to comment on this than I am, and I trust if I'm off base you will correct me, but I am under the impression that most major labels had quit producing 78s sometime in 1957. Mercury would have been one of the last to reach this decision if they waited until 1958. Also, I'm assuming that this is limited to domestic production, as 78s were still commonly available in more backward markets of the world in the early 60s when the Beatles would in fact appear on the medium in some places.



W.B.lbl 24th Dec 2012		The proof in the puddin' . . .