[78-L] My first MAPL side on a 78 rpm?

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
>  One genre that I collect is Canadiana. I judge a disc by the old MAPL
> formula (Music, Artist, Production, Lyrics) which was used to determine
> Canadian content for radio stations.
>  I think my pal Bud has sold me my first wholly MAPL side. Can anyone
> confirm that this side by Wilf "Montana Slim" Carter and the Calgary
> Stampeders was recorded in Canada, and if so, where?  It's  RCA Victor cat
> #58-01000-B.  The artists, the music and lyrics are clearly Canadian, so
> it qualifies for MAL, at least.
>  I may have a MAPL side which predates the Wilf Carter acquisition. It's
> another cowboy platter by Dixie Bill Hilton and the Calgary Range Riders
> on Apex (cat# 26364).  It's called "Thousand miles at sea", but with no
> songwriting credits.  It's b/w "Careless ways", which I'm guessing is a
> standard country song from the U.S.A.
>  How can I date this disc and place the recording location?
>
The 26### catalog number suggests a Canadian recording; this series
started out on Apex and continued on Brunswick (for  a year or two)
and then again on Apex. Not ALL the 26K series were Canadian recordings...
but MOST were~!

Other Canadian series:

Victor(C) 216### and 217###; Also 263### (Francophone).
Columbia R4000 (and a few R2###). Also 16###-D (I am
working with Jim Kidd to document this series; most were UK
recordings, however...!)

Compo 500-799 as well as 26### (see above).

There may be a few others I can't recall...?!

Steven C. Barr