[78-L] 'Modern' 78s.

[Royal Pemberton]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> >> I have a Prom 78.  (It's 1128, 'Black denim trousers' by Frank Martin
> >> 'with
> >> the Prom Orchestra' b/w 'Only you (and you alone)' by Carter Farriss
> with
> >> The Rockets and orchestra directed by Maury Laws.  Both labels state
> 'for
> >> best results use LP needle'.)  I don't know if they made 10" discs on
> >> styrene; mine is a 7" disc on the same sort of rough, noisy vinyl they
> >> made
> >> the Peter Pan 7" 78s on.
> >>
> Okeh...I have a VERY odd Prom (or 1/2 Prom, anyway...?!) 78!
>
> I have no idea WHY this was pressed...but it pairs (or claims to per its
> labels...?!)
> Prom 1001-B ("Cry" by the Enoch Light Brigade..."Featuring Loren Becker and
> The Four Dukes") with Peter Pan 2252A ("The Little White Duck" by "The
> Peter
> Pan Chorus and Orchestra"). Both companies claim to be located in Newark,
> New Jersey...the Peter Pan credits "Synthetic Plastics" and the Prom side
> "The
> Prom Record Co.!"
>
> I suspect both were being pressed by one company...although I have NO idea
> why/how they managed to pair the two UNrelated sides...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr


They were undoubtedly the same company.  I have a few PP 78s that were given
to me when I was small, and one of them ('Oh Susannah' on one side,
'Do-re-mi' on the other) has the same type of lead out spiral and eccentric
groove at the end as the Prom disc has.