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| 26th Mar 2013, 4:52 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator | I just uploaded 4 78s that I picked up for 50 cents (Canadian)/ 40 cents (Euro)/ 30p each at the local Sally Ann's. They are the soundtrack from the MGM film Annie Get Your Gun with Betty Hutton and Howard Keel MGM 301 MGM 302 MGM 303 MGM 304 I am not sure if sure the UK issued album sets as they did in the USA and if these were a part of one. They don't have an overall set number, so I assume they are just individual releases. Any thoughts? |
| 26th Mar 2013, 11:27 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | Whyperion SUBS Too Many Records , Too Little Time Member since Jan 2013 306 Points | MGM being MGM I guess , they always seemed more 'independent' than other film companies. But for these kind of musicals I suppose they could have issued a couple of EPs or an album on 33rpm, but as 78s the songs are standalone enough to have been sold separately, |
| 27th Mar 2013, 4:03 PM | #3 REPORT | |
| Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator |
Whyperion wrote:
But for these kind of musicals I suppose they could have issued a couple of EPs or an album on 33rpm, but as 78s the songs are standalone enough to have been sold separately,
It does look like there were 2 EPs and an Lp. I was curious as to whether or not the 78s were packaged as an album set in the UK. (Of course the 78s are way cooler!) Actually that's a whole other topic. Did 78 RPM multi-disk album sets, similar to those in the USA exist in Europe and the UK? |
| 29th Mar 2013, 8:56 AM | #4 REPORT | |
| Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 805 Points | I think in the UK the price of 78s ( with Tax ) was quite high, so purchases may have been spread over a number of discs. I have seen many 78 'Albums' but these have been make your own up - the albums being blank sleeves in a card / leatherette covered photo -album style binding. There may be some 'Classical' recordings that came as box sets with a lift off lid , but that might be my memory playing up on me , I have not been around actively looking at the local flea markets to confirm if any remain. All my families surviving discs are the likes of Gracie Fields and similar so quite popular 'pop' type singles from post WW2 mostly. Maybe in the UK despite what is written on the internet the 45/33 speeds proportionately from these kind of productions were sold relatively more. Despite the high purchase tax for Gramphones and Radios / Amplifiers as ready made items , in Kit form they could be cheaper , and with home woodwork skills and some basic electronics learn in the Military either from the war or National Service I think quite a few of the home users got home-brew autochangers and record players for the new microgroove records. One of my acquired Classical sets - by Beethoven appears split over 3 differing label variations and one on a different (but related ) label , so either one broke , or someone was keen to complete a set over time. http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/albums/photo/view/album_id/132/photo_id/3165 Edited by Pridesale on 29th Mar 2013, 9:50 AM |
| 6th Jan 2016, 2:42 AM | #5 REPORT | |
| bocknobby Walkin the planck, preparing to take quantum leap. Member since Jan 2015 1409 Points | I have the six-disk 78 rpm set of 'Annie Get Your Gun' with Ethel Merman as Annie. The set was issued by Decca and has an "album" number on each disk; in this case, it is "Album A-468" with line immediately underneath "(12 sides -- #)" depending on which face one is looking at. Each disk has a unique catalog number; in the case of this set 23584 through 23589 consecutively. The set I have was manufactured by Decca's plant in Lachine, Quebec. Based on the stamp on the first sleeve in the box set, this particular set was sold by/at "Melody House Incorporated / 5035 Sherbrooke St. East / Montreal 28, Canada". In those days before postal codes, to be sure! |
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