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| 24th Mar 2017, 2:26 AM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Happy-trout Member since Mar 2017 3 Points | Seen plenty of Vera Lynn on 78s, but this copy I recently obtained seems scarce:- Decca F8081 "A" side - Starlight Serenade and "B" side -That Lovely Weekend. Is it scarce or has it been evading me! |
| 25th Mar 2017, 1:32 PM | #2 REPORT | |
| Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points | Based on worlds owners, there are only two down for other 1942 releases (this was the depths of WW2), but 3 for this one. Ebay prices seem high at GBP8+ for any Vera Lynn 78, but Decca put out quite a lot of old Vera Lynn material on LP in the 50s and 60s, so there would be losses as people chucked their bulky and heavy 78s. Ted Heath's band did the original of the B Side so it may not have had quite the sales due to that. Edited by moderator on 3rd Apr 2017, 4:49 AM |
| 25th Mar 2017, 5:28 PM | #3 REPORT | |
 | Redpunk SUBS Crates Are For Digging Member since Aug 2012 25322 Points Moderator | It is not greatly sought after. My copy came as part of a job lot so cost me 35p. The reason you do not see copies of many 78s on Ebay is there are not the buyers there are for vinyl. The cost of and difficulty of posting makes it only worthwhile by asking silly prices for individual discs. Edited by moderator on 26th Mar 2017, 4:51 PM |
| 3rd Apr 2017, 12:25 AM | #4 REPORT | |
| Happy-trout Member since Mar 2017 3 Points | Thanks for the input guys. Just thought it was an oddity as a search ont' net showed very little. Anyway, shove it in the attic with the other "treasures" for my kids to sort out when I'm pushing daisies up! |
| 11th Feb 2018, 3:08 PM | #5 REPORT | |
 | soultwinz SUBS Member since Mar 2011 1567 Points | According to Steve Waters "Missing Charts" book..Geraldo, Vera Lynn, Hutch and Joe Loss, had the strongest selling versions of "That Lovely Weekend" in the spring of 1942 all being decent sellers. |
| 6th Mar 2018, 12:26 PM | #6 REPORT | |
| Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points | It was I, think, banned by the BBC who read more suggestivity into the words than there might have been. Yes, I think Ted Heath's was a bit later. |
| 9th Mar 2018, 12:13 AM | #7 REPORT | |
 | mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points |
Pridesale wrote:
It was I, think, banned by the BBC who read more suggestivity into the words than there might have been.
Yes, I think Ted Heath's was a bit later. I've never heard that before, but I would think spending a weekend together in 1942 was a bit racy, especially as the song does not specify whether the couple are married  |
| 12th Mar 2018, 9:11 PM | #8 REPORT | |
| Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points | Could have been relatives, a son visiting mum on leave or whatever. |
| 12th Mar 2018, 11:59 PM | #9 REPORT | |
 | Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4138 Points Moderator | Did you hear Laurie Taylor this week? He offered a wonderful thought-provoking riddle: A terrible car accident leaves the driver dead and his son severely injured. The boy is rushed to hospital and into surgery, but the surgeon says "I'm sorry but I cannot operate on my own son" What is the relation of the surgeon to the injured boy? |
| 13th Mar 2018, 5:07 AM | #10 REPORT | |
| Redpunk SUBS Crates Are For Digging Member since Aug 2012 25322 Points Moderator | Mother. |
| 13th Mar 2018, 10:11 PM | #11 REPORT | |
| Juke Jules SUBS Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow Member since Jan 2011 4138 Points Moderator | Correct! but that answer passed me by, his point being that jobs and professions are still highly gender-bound in most people's mind - very little change since 1942  |
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