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  15th Jul 2021, 11:22 PM#41  REPORT  
albert

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Punk group 999 did a special 78rpm pressing of their Nasty Nasty single, it came in a box with promo sheets, though I think it was on 7" vinyl.


  11th Aug 2021, 4:07 PM#42  REPORT  
Break-In Master

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Is Lonnie Donnegan still around?
What about Spike Milligan?
Was Charlie Drake a Brit or an Aussie?
Did anyone from Monty Python ever make a 78 before their heyday?

Edited by Break-In Master on 11th Aug 2021, 4:29 PM

  11th Aug 2021, 4:11 PM#43  REPORT  
Break-In Master

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albert wrote:
Punk group 999 did a special 78rpm pressing of their Nasty Nasty single, it came in a box with promo sheets, though I think it was on 7" vinyl.
Joe "King" Corrasco & The Crowns also did one on Stiff in the early `80's. Ian McCulloch also did one that was 78 on one side and 45 on the other.in the mid to late `80's.
I was a bit dissapointed that Joe Jackson never did his third album on a set of 78's! My guitarist and I speculated his 4th could be done on player piano rolls.


  11th Aug 2021, 4:12 PM#44  REPORT  
Break-In Master

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zabadak wrote:
mister_tmg wrote:
zabadak wrote:
mister_tmg wrote:
Who are they then? :wink:
No-one knows, they disappeared without a trace... :erk:

Some odd groups made private recordings in those days. I wouldn’t think that 78 is worth much.
:wink:
Not many are, sadly. I'm thinking of ditching mine... :sad:
I'll take `em!


  11th Aug 2021, 4:22 PM#45  REPORT  
Break-In Master

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mister_tmg wrote:
Steel-River-Wet wrote:
Elvis Lives..I'm sure I read that somewhere..or maybe he was just anagram-med? :laugh:

He isn’t British either way :wink:
Are you SURE??? I could've SWORE he and The Attractions were British!!


  11th Aug 2021, 6:15 PM#46  REPORT  
Redpunk

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Quote:
Is Lonnie Donnegan still around?
What about Spike Milligan?
Was Charlie Drake a Brit or an Aussie?
All dead and Charlie was a Londoner as for Monty Python unlikely as they would have been teenagers.


  13th Aug 2021, 1:01 AM#47  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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Mary Lee, vocalist with Roy Fox's band in the 1930s, is 100 today.




  19th Oct 2021, 2:49 PM#48  REPORT  
MrPasta SUBS

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mister_tmg wrote:
MrPasta wrote:
I see Joe Brown is on the list (presumably as in the Bruvvers) but I can't see 78 for him - at least not on this site.

Am I missing something?

I think it’s because the Decca label book by Paul Pelletier lists his debut single as issued on 78 - the 7” is on 45cat here: https://www.45cat.com/record/f11185uk

However, I can’t find any images of the 78 online. That’s probably why I didn’t add it here. A user of Rate Your Music lists it in his collection. He’s on this site too, so I’ve sent him a message. It’s possible that it could have been issued on 78 and that it hasn’t been sold online in recent years. It wasn’t a hit. Perhaps some of those late 78s haven’t survived at all.

Update: the user only has the 45. So the 78 was apparently issued, but its existence isn’t confirmed.

Now added F11185 :grin:


  21st Oct 2021, 9:03 AM#49  REPORT  
Steel-River-Wet SUBS

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Break-In Master wrote:
mister_tmg wrote:
Steel-River-Wet wrote:
Elvis Lives..I'm sure I read that somewhere..or maybe he was just anagram-med? :laugh:

He isn’t British either way :wink:
Are you SURE??? I could've SWORE he and The Attractions were British!!

Elvis Presley and The Attractions. Nope, never head of that band :read:
(Only joking, of course)!


  10th Nov 2021, 1:52 AM#50  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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MrPasta wrote:
mister_tmg wrote:
MrPasta wrote:
I see Joe Brown is on the list (presumably as in the Bruvvers) but I can't see 78 for him - at least not on this site.

Am I missing something?

I think it’s because the Decca label book by Paul Pelletier lists his debut single as issued on 78 - the 7” is on 45cat here: https://www.45cat.com/record/f11185uk

However, I can’t find any images of the 78 online. That’s probably why I didn’t add it here. A user of Rate Your Music lists it in his collection. He’s on this site too, so I’ve sent him a message. It’s possible that it could have been issued on 78 and that it hasn’t been sold online in recent years. It wasn’t a hit. Perhaps some of those late 78s haven’t survived at all.

Update: the user only has the 45. So the 78 was apparently issued, but its existence isn’t confirmed.

Now added F11185 :grin:

Great :grin: Thanks.


  22nd Mar 2022, 8:30 PM#51  REPORT  
mister_tmg

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Mary Lee has died, aged 100. Barry Cryer also died recently, aged 86.


  20th Sep 2022, 1:55 PM#52  REPORT  
MrPasta SUBS

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List updates...

Lorrae Desmond died in May 2021 and of course Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022


  7th Jan 2023, 12:23 AM#53  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
MrPasta wrote:
List updates...

Lorrae Desmond died in May 2021 and of course Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022

Thanks - I knew of the Queen when updating the list, but not Lorrae Desmond. If anyone else is aware of any updates to the list, please let us know here.

Added Maureen Evans to the list.

Edited by mister_tmg on 7th Jan 2023, 1:11 AM

  13th Feb 2023, 5:31 PM#54  REPORT  
Whyperion SUBS

Too Many Records , Too Little Time
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Denis Lotis has passed, see 45cat link to obit


  13th Feb 2023, 11:25 PM#55  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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Sad news, thanks for letting us know.


  1st May 2023, 11:55 PM#56  REPORT  
zabadak

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Of course, we lost Wee Willie Harris recently :sad:


  2nd May 2023, 12:54 AM#57  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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zabadak wrote:
Of course, we lost Wee Willie Harris recently :sad:

I had noted him in my recent research, but hadn't added him to the list yet, sad news...


  11th Jul 2023, 2:16 AM#58  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
Added Tony Kinsey.


  10th Oct 2023, 4:43 PM#59  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
RIP Rosemary Squires.


  19th Nov 2023, 8:30 PM#60  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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Joan Savage, who acted in Coronation Street, as well as recording at least one 78, has died aged 89. See report.


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