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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 10:46 AM 11/12/2008, you wrote:
>Accoding 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
>

Thanks for the info everyone......

>---- 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.....
> > >
> >