[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 34, Issue 31 ....Abe Burrows

[Nigel Burlinson]

The Abe Burrows set "Abe Burrows Sings?" was issued on 78rpm as C.209
on July 24 1950, no 45rpm issue as far as I can trace.

The cover of CL.6128 can be seen here

http://big10inchrecord.blogspot.com/search/label/Abe%20Burrows


Nigel Burlinson (burlinson at orange.fr)

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> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:31:04 -0400
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> I was just discussing on the phone a few hours ago how all of the first 
> Columbia Lps were reissues of their 78 albums, and then Uncle Dave has 
> to screw things up with CL 6004 by Dinah Shore.  I'm not so sure about 
> that but I would need to have the 1950 Columbia catalog to be sure.  
> These annuals came out in around July and the 1949 which has the first 
> Lp release does not show 78 albums that hit the stores later than their 
> Lp, such as CL 6019 Christmas Songs by Sinatra which is in the 52-53 
> catalog as C-167 (and B-167 on 45), and CL-6015 S'Wonderful by Buddy 
> Clark and Dinah Shore which the 52-53 shows was on 78 as C-166 (no 45 
> listed).  The 52-53 does not show a 78 or 45 for Dinah's CL 6004, BUT 
> maybe the 1950 catalog would.   Besides having three columns for the 
> numbers for the three speeds, the 52-53 catalog has another difference 
> from the older ones -- it tends not to show the individual 3_000 78 
> number for sides in a set, just the set number.  Asit is I am alittle 
> surprised to see that apparently these three Lps appeared before their 
> 78 sets did, and that maybe 6004 had no 78 set.
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> Since I have it sitting here I looked to see what the 52-53 catalog says 
> about CL-6128 Abe Burrows Sings? which has a 1950 copyright date and a 
> full illustrated cover (signed Velae).  The catalog shows the Lp but no 
> 78 or 45.  But that doesn't mean that it did not have them.  What we 
> need is a full numerical of all of the albums.  Some of the late 78 
> albums might have gone in and out of print without ever hitting an 
> annual catalog.  Note that this album is lower numbered than the Walter 
> Gross album Lennick mentions, and it also shows only the Lp number, but 
> yet there are some albums in this series,  such  as CL-6200 by Frankie 
> Laine, which was issued on 78 and 45 as C-287 and B-287..
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> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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