[78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side

[Cary Ginell]

I love Tex's 1934 Decca version of the song (which he wrote). It's a perfect example of an "authentic" cowboy's style of singing, not the ersatz Hollywoodized crooning that Gene Autry pioneered. Listen
to Carl T. Sprague and Jules Verne Allen and you'll hear more of this. Eddy Arnold slicked up "Cattle Call" twice - once for Bluebird and then his version for RCA Victor in 1955, complete with a vocal chorus behind him. But if you want the real stuff, Owens' version is tops on my list.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:50:08 -0800
> From: 78records at cdbpdx.com
> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side
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> I recorded one side of these WESTERN label records and the LP stylus worked great.  The folks singing reminded me of the 
> cowboy group that used to sing at the flea market I used to visit in the late 1960s, very bad, though the Cattle Call tune was not
> as bad as the Tex Owens version on DECCA. 
>  
> I use an old Garrard 4HF(L) turntable to record my 78s with a GE VRII cartridge or sometimes an old RPJ cartridge.  Works great and I can play 16" transcriptions on it, too.  For LPs, I went to Costco and got a cheap Ion USB turntable (LPs don't get no respect here).
>  
> Still don't know who made these records, I guess that info was on the album or record sleeves.
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> CDB
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> Robert M. Bratcher Jr. rbratcherjr at yahoo.com 
> Fri Dec 16 22:06:20 PST 2011 
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> So what do you normally play your 78's on?
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> >________________________________ >From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com> >To: 78-l Online <78-l at 78online.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 12:03 AM >Subject: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side >>I stuck one on my LP turntable and it was too slow, even at 45 rpm.  I'm going >to go ahead and record them at 45 rpm then speed them up.  They look to be in good >condition, but I won't know for sure until I can hear them.  Won't be until tomorrow. >Thanks for the advice.  Glad I asked first!  CDB >---------------------------------------------------- >Using an lp needle is a good idea. Unless the discs are already ground to powder.dlOn 12/17/2011 12:34 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:>I'd suggest trying an LP needle based on my experience with playing extended play 2 song&  3 song per side 78's. A 78 size stylus may be too big for the grooves. >>How did you know they
>  were 78's&  did you try playing them? If so were the artists any good? >>>>________________________________ >>From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com> >>To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com >>Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 11:24 PM >>Subject: Re: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side >>>>>>From the song titles, I can tell you that the discs probably were pressed in 1956. No clue who the artists are, but the songs are hits from that period by people like Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, Johnnie&  Jack, Jim Reeves, etc. Could be horrible cover versions or dubs of commercial recordings - that would be my guess. Have you >played them? I'd be interested in hearing who they might be. >>>>Cary Ginell >>>>>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:19:10 -0800 >>>From: 78records at cdbpdx.com >>>To: 78-l at 78online.com >>>Subject: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side >>>>>>More questions.  I've been looking through a record collection I
>  bought about 4 years ago and am just now getting to.  Found 3 10" records with 3 songs on each side in the LP pile, but they are actually extended play 78 rpm records.  The label is 'WESTERN' and it lists the 3 songs on each side, but that's about all.  No artists, nothing telling who made them, and the only numbers in the dead wax match the numbers on the labels.  Seems very odd to me.  Are these generic radio transcriptions? Something else? >>>>>>You can look at the labels here: >>>>>>http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/WEPR/ >>>>>>Thanks for any info!  CDB >>>____________________________ >________________________________ >>    * Previous message: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side >    * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >________________________________ >>More information about the 78-L mailing list >_______________________________________________ >78-L mailing list >78-L at klickitat.78online.com
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