[78-L] Happy Birthday to You

[Cary Ginell]

Oh, sure. That's a great term - collectors should know instantly what that means. I've used it often myself. Didn't know who came up with it.

Cary Ginell



> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:30:13 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
> 
> 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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