[78-L] Moon tunes (was trends)

[simmonssomer]

I would offer to compare our Moonie  titles so that we could trade but I've 
taken an oath of laziness for 2009.
Maybe 2010.

Al Simmons

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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:23 AM
Subject: [78-L] Moon tunes (was trends)


> For what it's worth, my database for my collection shows 203 individual 78 
> sides containing titles with the word "moon" in them. I don't know how 
> accurate a sample that is, because I have skewed tastes towards jazz and 
> country, but it represents about 2.2% of the 78s in my collection. This, 
> of course, includes multiple recordings or issues?of the same song. The 
> songs with the?most instances are:
>
> Blue Moon (5)
> How High the Moon (9)
> In the Chapel in the Moonlight (5)
> It's Only a Paper Moon (5)
> Moonglow (or Moon Glow) (8)
> Roll Along Prairie Moon (5)
> Shine On, Harvest Moon (6)
>
> As far as "Moon" artists go, I have three on 78: country pianist Aubrey 
> "Moon" Mullican, bandleader Art Mooney, and hillbilly artist Moonshine 
> Kate (the nickname for Rosa Lee Carson, Fiddlin' John Carson's daughter).
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 5:23 am
> Subject: Re: [78-L] warning ; on-topic - 78 trends
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] warning ; on-topic - 78 trends
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "William A. Brent" <bbrent at pipeline.com>
>>> Hi
>>> Just wondering - what are the current trends in 1940s-50's sales of 78s.
>>> I'm not talking about the one off anomalies (like Miss Clooney's
>>> "Tenderly" selling
>>> for more than 75 cents on ebay) - but what are the strong sellers
>>> (if any) from that time period.
>>> Are people actively looking for certain labels and artists - or has the
>>> digital
>>> age eliminated all but Elvis from the market?
>>>
>> AFAIK, the demand for 1946-1959 78's is minimal...with two notable
>> exceptions! ANYTHING that was issued on 78 after such discs were
>> no longer being pressed "south of the border" (there are a lot of folks
>> with 78rpm jukeboxes, eh...?!) as well as ANY "Elvis" 78's (which
>> are NOWHERE NEAR as valuable as their sellers assume/hope...?!)
>>
>> Once the 45 was introduced in 1949, 78rpm phonorecords became
>> "obsolete"...! They only draw interest from (1) dedicated 78 fans,
>> insofar as such exist; (2) owners of "antique" 78rpm jukeboxes; and
>> (3) that handful of completists who MUST have EVERY issue of
>> their "idol," in EVERY format...and even with EVERY variation of
>> the copyright symbol/statement...that EVER existed...?!
>>
>> ...stevenc
>>
> I know of a maniac who transfers every 78rpm with "Moon" in it's title, 
> that
> he can get his hands on, onto CD. He calls them "Moon Tunes."  He  already
> has close to twenty CD's of this genre.  I could ask him for a list of
> titles but he's too lazy. He says he's only scrached the surface and will
> dedicate the rest of his life to complete this project (among many 
> others).
> If he weren't my closest friend I'd send him to a doctor.
>
> Al Simmons
>
> Al Simmons
>
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