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cyeaman

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Record collector since 1976.

Currently adding vigorously to my early jazz and swing-era shellac collection, but I enjoy all kinds of music. I also collect phonographs, and always have room for more machines. Music plays continuously at work and home. I am a cell biologist by day, but spend my off-hours collecting, listening, playing and reading about music, records and phonographs.

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
cyeaman SUBS 6th Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Popular Selections	In his liner notes for The Classics Chronological Series #616, Anatol Schenker describes the recording of this medley. He states that Takes 2 and 3 were not different performances, but were recorded from two separate microphones and used to cut two separate discs. These captured the music from slightly different angles. When the two recordings are played simultaneously, the result is a "stereo" effect. Since these recordings were made in February 1932, they represent one of the earliest examples of stereo recordings.
cyeaman SUBS 30th Jan 2025		78 RPM Phil Reed - Tango Des Roses / Sorrento	This appears to be a reissue of Dance-Tone 118, which was released in 1947 (listed in Billboard's Advance Record Releases for week ending August 16, 1947). Dance-Tone 359 is listed in the Advance Record Releases in the August 20, 1949 issue of Billboard.
cyeaman SUBS 26th Jan 2025		78 RPM Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders - Over Night Blues / Charlie's Idea	This appears to have been issued on the west coast, whereas the same coupling on Victor V-38070 appears on east coast (Camden) pressings only, as far as I can tell. Many copies of 22001 are on popsike, all with the Oakland identifier and all crediting Victor Talking Machine Co. All copies of V-38070 I looked at are Camden pressings and they all credit "Victor Talking Machine Division - Radio-Victor Corporation Of America".
cyeaman SUBS 18th Jan 2025		78 RPM Fat Man Robinson Quintet - Don't Drink / Lavender Coffin	"Lavender Coffin" appears to have been the hit side of this disc. Billboard shows it was tied for the ninth most played jukebox race record the week of May 21, 1949. This morbid little novelty was subsequently recorded by other artists including Lionel Hampton, Joe Thomas and Tex Beneke. This was Motif Record's first release, and the company promised jukebox operators that "money will drip like honey". Like so many other small labels, Motif appears to have folded little more than a year later and was last listed in Billboard in July 1950.
cyeaman SUBS 18th Jan 2025		78 RPM The Three Suns And The Sons Of The Pioneers - The Hokey Pokey / I Still Feel The Same About You	This seems like an unusual combination of artists. Now I'm interested in hearing these recordings.