[78-L] Albums

[David Lennick]

On 10/9/2010 7:04 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> Decca had an early 10-inch LP series called "Souvenir Album" featuring recordings by Red Foley, the Mills Brothers, and others.
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This was a continuation of the same type of series on 78s..Marlene Dietrich, 
Grace Moore, Judy Garland etc. So the term was well established and transferred 
to LP.

> After Hank Williams died in 1953, they issued "The Hank Williams Memorial Album" on LP. These are only two examples of many that occurred in the early years of the Lp.
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> "Album" was routinely used by record companies in the '50s and '60s when there were no cooresponding sets that included 78s. It has always been an accepted, if incorrect, term by the industry.
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> Cary Ginell
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>> When the Lp was introduced by Columbia they called them Lps, but the
>> term album soon was used because the Lps were replacing the 78 albums.
>> Decca even used the word album in the TITLE of two very early LPs, The
>> ANTA Album Of Stars Vol 1 DL 9002 and Vol 2 DL 9009. (Were these issued
>> on 78s and/or 45s?)

The ANTA Vol. 1 was issued as 78 album DAU 730. Volume 2 was LP only as far as 
I can see.

And to point it out once again, both Decca and Capitol specifically gave 
"album" numbers to single discs in special sleeves. Charles Laughton's Bible 
Readings are individual numbers 90038/41 and albums DU 15/18, just to cite one 
instance.

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