[78-L] Anybody know what year Aladdin quit pressing 78's?

[Han Enderman]

The last label pictures I have of Aladdin 78s are:
3435, 3415, 3399, 3398 Thurston Harris (3398 very common).
3432, 3390, 3380, 3369, 3362 etc Shirley & Lee.
Also 3363, 3366, 3368, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3378, 3381, 3384 by others.
Maybe everything through ca # 3384 was released as 78, but possibly only selected issues with the higher numbers.

Han Enderman
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According to Alladin discography on the net 3468 was the highest release and was the only issue in 1961.  ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER/SEND ME SOME LOVING - Thurston Harris.
Just browsing, the latest 78 I found by Shirley & Lee was 3362 in 1957. WHEN I SAW YOU/THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO.  That one charted. 
RayK


---- Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote: 
> Gart says the last release in the main (and only?) Aladdin issue series 
> was 3463 in February of  1960. He does not specify when 78 production 
> ended but the thought occurs to me they were probably pressed by Allied 
> in LA (Aladdin's main offices were also in LA). If this was so then it 
> might be easier finding out when Allied stopped pressing 78s.
> M
> 
> *******
> 
> Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> > R&B label from the 40's & 50's. I'd like to find all of the Shirley & 
> > Lee releases on both 78 & 45 RPM but I don't know what year that 
> > Aladdin stopped issuing 78's.
> >
> > I've got Aladdin 3298 Feel So Good/ You'd Be Thinking Of Me on a near 
> > mint 78 found at a record collectors show plus a very worn (lots of 
> > hiss) 45 that I bought used many years ago. That 45 was the first 
> > record of Shirley & Lee that I ever found. One day maybe I'll find a 
> > better copy of this 45.
> >
> > Have the 45 RPM version of  3325 Let The Good Times Roll/Do You Mean 
> > To Hurt Me So but I don't know if a 78 RPM issue of this was released 
> > as I haven't found one.
> >
> > The Both Sides Now web page has the discography I need for all the 
> > songs released by the singers. All I have to is find them through the 
> > bay & perhaps other sources. Before I put up a want to buy ad on the 
> > bay I'll need to know what year the Aladdin 78 stopped. 1956? 1957? 
> > 1958 maybe? I doubt it was 1959 however it might be possible.....
> >