Latest Updates - Bill Haley And His Comets

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Comment by PhilMH:

Sorry WM, I don't know for sure, but I note that Michael de Looper's London listing has this as March 1957, so Michael might like to chime in here if he's lurking? The matrix numbers XLON1 and XLON2 might be a clue - I note that in 45cat, the 7XLON matrices seem to have started appearing on labels in early 1957, and I found some fairly low 2-digit numbers there, so presuming that LPs and singles used the same numerical series, then it looks like this series started in 1957.

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Comment by wax_museum:

Discogs has this at 1957, but I think it’s more like 1955 because the London release of Green Tree Boogie on 45 was ‘55 and the UK releases on London were also around this date. Phil? Any ideas on this?

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Comment by 23skidoo:

No one seems to have ever put in a correction on the track order. Will do so now.
Done Mod.

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Comment by Fokeman:

This is NOT on the Transatlantic label. It is on the XTRA label. It is certainly true that XTRA belonged to Transatlantic but it had a very different profile and exists in its own right in the database.

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Comment by 23skidoo:

Although the tracks all date from the 1950s, the cover photo of the Comets came from a 1968 UK TV appearance; only the sax player and Haley of course appear on any of the recordings.

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