[78-L] Pressed in WHAT material...

[Kristjan Saag]

Matthew Duncan wrote about the Pye Nixa/Mercury group:

>...singles remained at 78rpm only until 1958 bar a few 45rpm juke box only 
>issues in 1957.
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Pye Nixa issued commercial 45's late 1957 already. Petula Clark's "Alone", 
for instance (November 1957). See Brian Henson & Colin Morgan's "First 
Hits - The Book of Sheet Music 1946-1959" which also states format for all 
listed recordings. The Clark title is also marked as 45 rpm in Record 
Collector's Price Guide.
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> ...the hit records by The Platters like "The Great Pretender" issued by UK 
> Mercury in 1956 never > came out on 45 but came out on shellac 78rpm in 
> 1956 and in 1957 or so came out on vinyl
> 78rpm.
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There was an export issue on 45 rpm, though, with same catalogue number.


Kristjan