[78-L] Happy Birthday to You
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Dec 12 12:30:13 PST 2009
Nobody here ever hear a record referred to as "juked"? Jeff Healey used that
expression all the time.
dl
Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Years ago I read an article in Downbeat on junking for 78s. The writer
> recalled finding a copy of the Bob Crosby Decca of It's Wonderful b/w Just
> Strolling. The first side ( a very nice but run-of-the mill pop side) was
> worn flat, but the flip, a feature for Joe Sullivan, was "as new."
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>
>
>> Yup. AMI had the first selectable jukebox that could do both sides, but
>> not
>> until 1945-ish (?). I have all the 78s my Great Grandfather confiscated
>> from mob run juke operations in the 1930s and as you say, some sides are
>> worn white and the other side is E+. What gets me even now is that
>> sometimes the crappy side is the one they chose to program!
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:01 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>
>> I didn't know that...it explains why some old juke box records are grey to
>> white on one side, and clean on the other.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>
>>
>>> It may have been intended for jukebox play. Remember, then, no jukeboxes
>>> could play both sides of a 78, it was one or the other....
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:54 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>>
>>> Cary, I've wondered if the thing was really intended for juke box play,
>>> perhaps in more rural areas...so they backed it with a more pop-ish
>>> Western
>>> swing side.
>>>
>>> I bought it BECAUSE of the Happy Birthday...and the other side was just a
>>> nice bonus for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sending your article as well... a strange story which still
>>> has
>>> no ending.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
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