[78-L] New (to me) contemporary 78

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 7 15:29:15 PST 2009


Alex Pangman's 78 "Dead Drunk Blues" was one I thought might be more recent, 
but the launch party for it was in February 2006, so yours might be the current 
prize winner.
http://www.alexpangman.com/78_rpm_press_release.pdf

dl

agp wrote:
> Just got a copy of a 78 released in the UK in 2006. Its a 10 inch 
> vinyl disk, sadly only one side at 78, by the Irish singer/ 
> songwriter Duke Special. Because he incorporates 78s in his stage 
> show, V2 records (a label founded by Richard Branson 5 years after he 
> sold Virgin records), they released a his third single Last Night I 
> Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time), at 78 on one side of the 10 
> inch disk and at 45 (with 2 additional tracks) on the other side.
> 
> While they didn't do a vintage 78 era label like Korova (mimicking 
> the Decca Supreme label) did for Ian McCulloch's 1989 release of 
> September Song, the pressing is superb.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge this is the 'newest' contemporary 78 (of 
> new material)
> 
> T
> 




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