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13th Mar 2013, 4:29 PM
	neslo4 Member since Jan 2013 22 Points	Thanks to lorangrecords and Dr.Doom for your comments. I tend to agree with lorangrecords, but since I made the post about a week ago, I have done some more thinking on the subject. This was partly prompted by yet another record from my small 78rpm collection. Only this time the vocalist later made a name for himself and had several records released as the "main"-artist. In this case it would be nice to have him listed as artist in his own right. Perhaps it should be left to the judgement of the contributors how to make the entries? Often the contributers may have the necessary knowledge to determine if the vocalist needs a special listing. One of course always has the option of making an "all" search. I do believe that some collectors may search for recordings by particular bandleaders or conductors. In earlier days many bands were featured on radio (the Dorsey's, Edmundo Ros, Victor Silvester etc.). Also larger bands performed in dance restaurants and night-clubs etc. This has by now, I think, almost disappeared, because none of these establishments can afford it anymore. Very often these bands included vocalists, who were not the main attraction, but were more like a "supplement" to the band. I must point out, that I wholly agree to the attempt made on 78cat to remove the "and .. orchestra" etc., in order to make listings more simple and clear. So in my case with the first record (my example), I would list only "Paul Godwin" as artist - and then make notes along the lines suggested by lorangrecords. But with the second example, I would list both the bandleader and the vocalist as artists. Unless of course guide-lines appear to the contrary. Will it, by the way, be acceptable to write the artists as: Paul Godwin, Viggo Larsen (i.e. using "," instead of "and". The "and" does not look quite right in non-english texts)?