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RadnaNotions

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RadnaNotions 1st Jul 2017		78 RPM Nat Gonella And His New Georgians - Plucking On A Golden Harp / Hep! Hep! The Jumpin' Jive (Jim Jim Jump)	No disrespect but I think my scans are closer to the actual colour of the labels. It is true that one of my labels is printed off-centre though.
RadnaNotions 20th Sep 2016		12" Single Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - ELVIS 18 UK # 1s	But... they aren't. What it says on the box is that they come "beautifully packaged in a replica UK RCA generic sleeve with original label artwork." But I believe that generic sleeve is the wrong one for the singles up to '59 (it is one of the great company sleeves though). And the green and white sleeves don't look right at all. And, you know, tri-centres? And the edges are too sharp... Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer them to be the original mono mixes too. (I'd prefer it if those that were short enough played at 78 too, just because it would sound better.) But ultimately these are new records and it would have been impossible to make them in a way that would have pleased everyone. As this thread demonstrates.
RadnaNotions 18th Sep 2016		12" Single Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - ELVIS 18 UK # 1s	I think when they decided to release three-track 10" 45 singles, they were already making it clear that this was not an attempt to recreate historical artefacts.
RadnaNotions 18th Jun 2016		12" Single Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut	Thanks for that. On the assumption that the information in the book isn't just derived from dates printed on labels, it seems there must have been something that happened in 1983. For what it's worth, my copy appears to have been exported to the USA - maybe that's relevant. The lead track sounds awesome in this format.
RadnaNotions 17th Jun 2016		12" Single Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut	Apart from what it says on the labels, do we have any evidence that this 12" of a 1981 single was released in 1983? Unless they're different versions (and it's unlikely that the live version of Drink The Bottle Down from 12/3/81 is) then surely the publication year for A1 and B2 would have been 1981 even if this was a later release? I note that the equivalent "pin-up" labels on the 7" don't have a year on them - possibly the result of a correction? It would be an unusual mistake to misprint the current year as two years ahead (four times), but then the 7" apparently came out the month after the live tracks were recorded, so it was a quick turnaround.