[78-L] White Christmas

[David Lennick]

Randy Watts wrote:
> A550 drops "Danny Boy" and "Let's Start the New Year Right." "White Christmas" was recoupled with "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
> 
> Randy

And naturally I realized that as soon as I'd signed off, since I have the 45 of 
  White Christmas/God Rest Ye Merry right in front of me (same # as the 78 
issued in A-550).

dl
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> --- On Thu, 12/25/08, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] White Christmas
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008, 11:58 PM
>> This could really drive you crazy..A550 has only 4 discs,
>> A403 has 5, and 
>> obviously they used the same artwork and copyright date,
>> just changing some of 
>> the titles on the cover. I have isolated discs from A550 so
>> I don't know what 
>> was dropped, although my guess would be Danny Boy and one
>> other..I'll Be Home 
>> for Christmas is recoupled with Faith of Our Fathers in
>> A550. (I can't imagine 
>> them dropping God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen though.)
>>
>> Re takes, I forgot to mention double letters..this means
>> the same take but a 
>> different lacquer cut on another turntable. I'll leave
>> it to others to 
>> experiment with sync stereo on these.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>> Could this get any more confusing? I have the
>> "Merry Christmas" album, with a 
>>> 1945 copyright date, and the catalog number is A-403.
>> It has the original 1942 
>>> White Christmas, 18429 plus its CANADIAN number 10065
>> (these very seldom make 
>>> it into discographies), and the label shows TWO album
>> numbers, A-403 and A-306. 
>>> (I wonder if the later recording was substituted in
>> the Holiday Inn album as well?)
>>> Decca takes are the letters following the numbers.
>> After 1943, there may also 
>>> be a letter and an initial such as T-17 which
>> indicates how many lacquers have 
>>> been dubbed from the original 16-inch master up to
>> that point (and then 
>>> followed by the A or B, sometimes even a higher
>> letter).
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones wrote:
>>>> I have the DLA 4374 version in a Decca 78 album
>> called "Merry Christmas -
>>>> Bing Crosby." Album No. A-550.  In small
>> print on the bottom left of the
>>>> album cover is "Copyright 1945, Decca
>> Records, Inc."  If DLA 4374 was
>>>> recorded in 1947, was an earlier take originally
>> used in this album, or is
>>>> there some other explanation for a 1945 copyright
>> date for the cover art?
>>>> Btw, how does one determine take numbers for
>> Deccas of this vintage?
>>>> Sammy
>>>>
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