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| 4th Aug 2021, 1:05 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | Nice to have found a big stash of near mint Pye / International 78's from 1959 this weekend. Uploaded nine new International ones, will upload the Nixa ones soon, along with pictures to prove they do exist! |
| 4th Aug 2021, 5:32 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | Redpunk SUBS ● Crates Are For Digging Member since Aug 2012 25322 Points Moderator | A great find ! I have to admit I was a bit dubious whether they had all been issued as 78's so having the images will knock that idea on the head. |
| 5th Aug 2021, 8:10 AM | #3 REPORT | |
| freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | I must admit my jaw did drop when I saw them all, and in the proper company sleeves too. |
| 6th Aug 2021, 10:30 AM | #4 REPORT | |
| freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | Eight missing 1959 Pye Nixa 78's also now added to the database. |
| 6th Aug 2021, 1:40 PM | #5 REPORT | |
 | mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | Great! Thanks. Are they vinyl or shellac? |
| 12th Aug 2021, 12:32 PM | #6 REPORT | |
| freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | All vinyl, which was great as I had to bring them all home on a bus in a Tesco carrier bag. |
| 13th Aug 2021, 1:02 AM | #7 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | Thanks, I thought they would be. I wonder if Pye had actually stopped pressing shellac 78s by then? |
| 13th Aug 2021, 10:20 AM | #8 REPORT | |
| freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | I've seen a late 1958 Pye 78's from Lonnie Donegan, but none from 1959. You'd think more would have survived with them being vinyl, but i'm still surprised so many of this batch weren't catalogued anywhere. Just goes to show we don't know what's hiding out there. Pye Nixa scans have been put up today BTW! |
| 17th Aug 2021, 11:00 AM | #9 REPORT | |
| freakbeatjames Hopelessly devoted to vinyl. Member since Sep 2010 501 Points | All sixteen new entries now have scans showing the labels to prove they exist! |
| 17th Aug 2021, 2:07 PM | #10 REPORT | |
 | xiphophilos Member since Dec 2013 3351 Points Moderator | That's great! Thanks for documenting these late issues! |
| 22nd Aug 2021, 3:22 PM | #11 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points |
freakbeatjames wrote:
I've seen a late 1958 Pye 78's from Lonnie Donegan, but none from 1959. You'd think more would have survived with them being vinyl, but i'm still surprised so many of this batch weren't catalogued anywhere. Just goes to show we don't know what's hiding out there.
Pye Nixa scans have been put up today BTW! Well, when you say they "weren't catalogued anywhere", I would assume that Paul Pelletier's label listings (published by Record Information Services) had details of them all; they are certainly listed at the Global Dog Productions website. However, in terms of photographic proof, the images are invaluable, as it's possible those weren't available. Thanks for documenting them. So many late 78s from 1959-60 are listed in catalogues etc but have no images online. I guess the collectors who have them are less likely to be on sites like this. There's usually an auction listing for such 78s on archive sites like Popsike or Roots Vinyl Guide. However, perhaps 78s which sold less well in that era won't have been sold on eBay. I tend to think that the #1 hits would have shown up on eBay by now, and that is why I'm sceptical that some from 1960 which have been listed by Pelletier et al were ever issued on 78. |
| 9th Sep 2021, 2:59 PM | #12 REPORT | |
 | Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points | Looking at the titles about all bar one I dont think sold much in any format. I wonder if many sold in the likes of places like scotland. Also if you think about it by 1959 a lot of the terraced houses were starting to be replaced by smaller flats, older people were getting , well, old, and Pye were really pushing LP compilations of their artist roster so I can see how they could easily not get pressed for orders to many places. Anyone got record shop photos of 1959 (department stores) of the likes of Liverpool / Newcastle / Leeds or memories of the merchandising of 78s in that year ? I almost wonder for 1960 that the internal available on 78 meant more by retailer request - there may have only been a couple of plant operators turning out a batch of 500 for a distributor I think Pye had lost the Mercury distribution so that cut down at the time what Pye was handling. |
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