[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Sorry for delay in response -- have been on vacation the last week  
and starting inventory this week...aaargh!

Joe Salerno wrote:

> Was "Ralph Flanagan in Hi-Fi" later released on another format?  
> What was
> the source and selections for this release?

The LP (LPM-1555) was recorded 5/6/7 June 1957 in Webster Hall, NYC  
and released soon thereafter. A stereo edition, LSP-1555 (true  
stereo, not processed), came out the following year. The selections:

5 June 1957:
H2PB-4442-3  Penthouse Serenade
H2PB-4443-3  My Hero
H2PB-4444-3  Where Or When
H2PB-4445-4  Hot Toddy

6 June 1957:
H2PB-4446-3  Rag Mop - voc by The Band
H2PB-4447-4  I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
H2PB-4448-6  Joshua
H2PB-4449-3  If I Loved You

7 June 1957:
H2PB-4450-5  Street Of Dreams
H2PB-4451-4  Some Enchanted Evening
H2PB-4452-6  Giannina Mia
H2PB-4453-4  Serenade (Drigo)

RCA Victor issued a two-track (full-track stereo) reel-to-reel tape  
(BPS-83) containing most of the selections (omitting My Hero, If I  
Loved You, Some Enchanted Evening and Serenade), and a cartridge tape  
(KPS-2003) containing Penthouse Serenade, My Hero, Hot Toddy, Rag  
Mop, I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time, Joshua, Some Enchanted  
Evening and Giannina Mia. Back to records, there is a 45-rpm stereo  
single (61-7362 Hot Toddy/Where Or When) as well as the mono 47-7362  
(the possibility exists of a 78-rpm 20-7362, most likely Canada  
only); 45EP EPA-4219 Penthouse Serenade/My Hero/Giannina Mia/Serenade  
also came out as stereo ESP-4219 (the mono 45EP was withdrawn 13  
March 1958 "to be released at a future date"); there was also  
EPA1-1555 Hot Toddy/Rag Mop/Joshua/Street Of Dreams (mono only).  
Finally, there are various and sundry issues of some of these tracks  
on latter-day compilations, and excerpts of "Rag Mop" and "Joshua" as  
part of stereo demos like SP-33-13 "Sounds In Space" (also on 45,  
61-7370, and a cartridge version too).

And that's just the RCA Victor issues.

Take care,


Joe
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