78 RPM - B. B. "Blues Boy" King - Boogie Rock / Talkin' The Blues - RPM - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	B. B. "Blues Boy" King
Label:	RPM
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	435
Date:	Jul 1955
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own
Price Guide:	$35
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Notes

A mx: 2207; B mx: 2206.

Billboard, Jul. 30, 1955, p. 43: RPM ad "New Release: B. B. King, Boogie Rock, RPM #435."

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Comments and Reviews


Job Lowe 7th Aug 2016		The record was reviewed by Billboard in its 1955-07-16 issue (page 46) with Boogie Rock listed second. Of course, Billboard reviews cannot be relied upon to distinguish A and B sides. On a humorous note, the same ad linked by xiphophilos appears in this earlier issue of Billboard on the same page as the review. Trade ads should be generally reliable. After all, the issuing company should know. But I've seen at least one case where the labels were marked as "A" and "B" and a trade ad listed the sides in reverse order. I wonder if other factors beyond the record company's intention might come into play when an advert is being devised. Factors such as typesetting, layout, balance, and eye-appeal come to mind.



xiphophilos 7th Aug 2016		The RPM ad in Billboard that announces this release (I've just added a link in the Notes above), promotes only "Boogie Rock," so I assume that the company considered this song the record's A side, despite the higher matrix number.



Job Lowe 7th Aug 2016		Also issued on 45, shown at 45cat. Boogie Rock is shown as the B Side at 45cat.



coveboy 6th Aug 2016		this record is listed wrong. please look at the session number: talkin' the blues is 2206 boogie rock is 2207 so the a side is talkin' the blues and b side is boogie rock



BigBadBluesMan 22nd Jun 2015



BigBadBluesMan 22nd Jun 2015