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6th May 2024, 2:29 PM
	Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points	In the early 1950s Britain was skint. A lot of get up and go post WW2 generation got up and went - to New Zealand , South Africa , Canada and Australia, some young ladies went to the US with their air service etc sweethearts. Residential buildings needed, rebuilding, city centres went quick to the suburbs and starting new towns, rationing was still happening The heyday of the coach tour and day trip to the coast, and the young (old teens/early twenties) were going for the experience rather than acquiring product - so it was Friday/Saturday night dance nights , Thursday Night Cinema for the latest release. Sundays had no shops open and it was the remants of BBC Comedy and Drama on the Radio. Those who had money invested it in TVs and it was the Cornonation that kick started Britain in to Colour, folk bought cameras and started their home movies, comedians etc still filled the Hippodromes and Empire circuit variety halls (those left standing after WW2), and others with money invested in these new fangled LP record players acquiring their long concerts they could conduct at home.(though even then early creator of the LP Columbia would not press until Dec 1952 for the UK) Decca were earlier but we have hardly any listed here for 1950/51 on Capitol/Decca/Brunswick) Maybe more Export or Die was the order of the day, These titles managed to be not quite ear catching enough , and if not sold enough to get through 50 years of attrition of deaceased estate clearing , house downsizing whatever it is not surprising they wont be found without someone going off to the few remaining bulk sales locations of the country