[78-L] Milestones Among the Tombstones

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

David Lewis wrote:

> ..."Dinah Shore Sings," CL 6004, does not have a 78 album  
> equivalent, and it's eight selections do not figure in the Columbia  
> singles catalog AT ALL. This is really curious; Columbia needed to  
> re-purpose these things. No DJs were playing LPs in 1948, nor could  
> you program one on a jukebox. Even "You're My Thrill" was released  
> as a boxed set of 45s once Columbia realized the Microgroove single  
> was a bust, and it was later refashioned into "Day Dreams," a 12- 
> inch LP with four extra tracks in 1955.
>
> But not "Dinah Shore Sings;" as far as I can tell, it seems not to  
> have been re-released at all. Prove me wrong -- the tracks are  
> listed after my sig. The album has four orchestra leaders listed,  
> but I can't tell which ones belong to which track. Also, "The  
> Gypsy" appears listed as one of Dinah's Columbia hits in this 1948 ad:
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/olz9x053hhx93ujhxbqd
>
> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
>
> A Cottage For Sale
> Once In A While
> Oh, Susanna!
> It's De-Lovely
> I'm Yours
> It All Depends On You
> They Didn't Believe Me
> The Gypsy

I don't have CL 6004 to compare, but could it be the same recording  
as that on Columbia 36964 (HCO 1715)?

Take care,


Joe
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