78 RPM - Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel) / Here Comes That Song Again - London - UK

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Roy Orbison
Label:	London
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	HLU.9149
Date:	Jun 1960
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Want
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Roy Orbison	Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)	Orbison, Melson	Rate
B	Roy Orbison	Here Comes That Song Again	Flood	Rate

Comments and Reviews


mister_tmg 7th Feb 2024		Quote from Greg Butler in an old Guardian article: "If you have a mint condition 78 of Elvis singing Mess of Blues, that will be worth about £1,000,"Butler says. "Roy Orbison's Only the Lonely on a 78 would probably fetch £400. That's what is so fascinating about this. All over Britain, there are families with 78s stuck in their lofts gathering dust. In many cases they are sitting on a gold mine." Snap, crackle and pop I think Greg is probably just citing the RRPG value there though.



mister_tmg 25th Jan 2024		The new RRPG book lists this at £400. I’ve written to the editor suggesting they remove it, as there’s no evidence it exists. It also lists the following: Jimmy Jones 1960: MGM MGM 1078 Good Timin’ / Too Long Will Be Too Late (78) £80 Eddie Cochran 1960: London HLG 9115 Three Steps To Heaven / Cut Across Shorty (78) £400 Johnny Preston 1960: Mercury AMT 1079 Running Bear / My Heart Knows (78) £40



mister_tmg 31st Oct 2023		But there’s almost no evidence it actually exists. The member here who claims to have the record has failed to produce it after several years.



Whyperion SUBS 29th Oct 2023		I think the only person that might have bought this would be the far end of Scotland or somewhere like that. The 45 collection I acquired had a good few 78s in it ,but the London (town) owner had a fairly clear 1957ish cut off for switching to buying 45s with only a few 78s that were either parents or only on 78 at time of issue. Unfortunately my friend who worked at Decca in Battersea was on radar/radar parts rather than discs so I cannot ask him if he remembers.



mister_tmg 4th Apr 2019		Finally, there is some evidence for this record - the Decca Group Catalogue lists it as "also available on 78". The annual hardback books would seem to be definitive. I checked the book which covers up to September 1960. This was listed as 45 rpm only. But knowing it was still climbing the charts (it reached the top 10 W.E. 22 September, and #1 on 20 October), I decided to check the next volume. Yes, this record is listed as available on both 45 and 78. It's apparent that Decca must have decided to press a 78 due to increased demand. It would still be great to have confirmation it exists, but a contemporary catalogue is quite strong proof I'd say. However, there’s something amiss. The 78 symbol is shown in the Song Title Index for Only the Lonely. It is not shown next to the b-side, Here Comes That Song Again, nor next to Roy Orbison in the Artist Index. This leaves further room for doubt, although one of our members does claim to have a copy.



scrough 20th Jan 2019		'The New Records' also suggests a 78rpm version wasn't available in the UK - see my comment here.



mister_tmg 20th Jan 2019		Well, the dealer never did get back to me but our own lorangrecords says he has this record. However, Paul Pelletier’s corrections to the London Singles catalogue says there is no evidence it exists.



mister_tmg 15th Oct 2017		A dealer told me he has it, I hope to obtain an image.



Juke Jules SUBS 12th Oct 2017		That it has been listed in RRPG is not complete proof that this was actually released on a 78 in the UK, we will have to wait to see if anyone has a label image



mister_tmg 7th Mar 2017		The Rare Record Price Guide 2018 lists this as worth £400 in mint condition. (I think it was £500 in the past!)



mister_tmg 29th Jan 2017		The last UK #1 to be issued on 78rpm format. I'd love to see a copy.

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