[78-L] Late US Decca 78 on eBay

[David Lennick]

On 8/20/2010 8:18 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Last Coral(C) image here is 62111 Neal Hefti: The Flower Vendor
> (mx not clear, poss. 105765; recording date?)
> Also 62074 Buddy Holly: Raining...&  62047 McGuire Sisters, Sweetie Pie.
105765 is Sweetie Pie and Honey Bee, Coral 62047, recorded Oct. 6/58.
The Flower Vendor is nice and late..April 2/59, mx 106979.
Raining in My Heart/It Doesn't Matter Anymore was released after Buddy's death. 
Recorded Oct. 21/58, mx 105871 & 105870.
>
> Last US Coral image is 61947 Buddy Holly:Listen To Me, mx 103258 (also on Canadian Coral).
> I have no recording or release dates for these.

June 29-July 1/57, master number assigned in NY Sept. 12/57.
dl
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> The Decca 46/48000 series ended much earlier; I have no images past the nrs quoted.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Ruppli isn't much help here, noting the last "possible" 78 issue as 30364.
> Obviously they went on much longer, and still higher in Canada. The highest C&W
> number in Ruppli is 46407 (Autry Inman) and the last R&B 48337 (Sister Rosetta
> Tharpe). No point citing Coral or Brunswick high numbers since they're barely
> noted and Canada got The Crickets and The McGuire Sisters on 78 for quite a
> long time.
>
> But the Shirelles on 78 is amazing to begin with.
> dl
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