[78-L] New 78s (yes that sorta topic again!)

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 12:50:40 PDT 2009


One I've heard of, but never seen or heard:

Apple 44 (10" vinyl 78, issued in UK only):  'Saturday nite special' b/w
'Valse de soleil coucher' ('Sundown waltz') by the Sundown Playboys, from
1972.  Labels state 'A Swallow Records Production'.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:

> As was mentioned about a month ago, Historic Masters is still
> releasing 78s. These however appear to all be re-issues. It was in
> response to my comment about the last 78 that I knew of being 78 that
> I know of being the 2000 commemorative release on HMV of with Robbie
> WIlliams on one side (Millennium) and the Royal  Albert Hall
> Orchestra doing Elgar Enigma Variations. So, back to my point. I'm
> trying to determine a list of modern era 78s of 'new' material,
> particularly in nations such as Canada, the US, or the UK.
>
> The reason I bring this up again is because I just acquired a 78
> pressed in 1988 by Ian McCulloch who was vocalist with the group Echo
> and the Bunnymen. Only one side is 78. Its Korova KOW40L. 78 rpm side
> is the Kurt Weill classic September Song. the other side is this same
> track and Molly Malone, and spins at 45. Korova did a nice job here,
> parodying the old Decca 'supreme record' label.
>
> These are what I know of (and there are ones I've forgotten) apart
> from the one above. All of these are 1968 and later
>
> Stiff Records(UK) - Joe King Carrasco - Buena
> Capitol(UK) - Dave Edmunds - King of Love (1 side only at 78 - label lp
> size)
> Private Stock(UK) - Robert Gordon - The Fool (12-inch - 1 side only
> at 78 - label lp size)
> Liberty(US) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles
> Bumstead Productions(Canada) - The Blue Shadows - Coming on Strong
> Cruisin the 50s(UK) - Cliff Richard and the Drifters -Breathless
> Rhino(US) - various
> WEA(UK) - Los Lobos - La Bamba (1 side only at 78)
> WB(UK) - Tiny Tim - There'll Always be an England
> Reprise(USA) - Randy Newman - The Beehive State
> Prime (USA) - various - legitimacy is questionable!
>
> Any others
>
>
> T
>
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