[78-L] Non-Bluebird/ RCA Spike Jones 78s

[Cary Ginell]

I have the Verve 78. Orange label and indeed it is an EP. 

Cary Ginell

On Mar 11, 2012, at 2:43 PM, "Anthony G Pavick" <pavukanton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was reading through Jordan Young's book on Spike Jones and have a 
> few questions about the discography given therein, specifically 
> around non-Bluebird/ RCA releases -- not counting transcriptions.
> 
> So, here's a laundry list of question around those issues on 78s
> 
> 1) Young lists the Starlite release of Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom 
> White (cat. 1371) as 78 and 45. I've seen the 45 but never the 78. 
> Can anyone confirm its existence. (BTW -- did Spike really own Starlite?)
> 
> 2) What was the format of Verve 2003 (reissued/ renumbered as 10003) 
> Spike Jones Spoofs The Pops #1. It was a 4 song release - Love & 
> Marriage and The Trouble With Pasquale b/w Memories Are Made Of This 
> and 16 Tacos. A later issue dropped Love & Marriage  and replaced it 
> with a song called Little Child. Was this truly a 78 RPM EP. For 
> which catalog number was Love & Marriage replaced?
> 
> 3) The WB release (5116) of I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon was October 
> 1959, so a bit late for 78 I'd think even in Canada. However if Spike 
> was popular in South Africa, could it have made it out there on 78 as 
> WB continued 78s until 1963 in that area.
> 
> 4) Could the 1960 (plus) releases on Liberty be possible 78s in the 
> Philippines?
> 
> 5) Finally, Decca. Obviously the 1941 releases by Cindy Walker and 
> the City Slicekrs are 78s, but does any one have an image of the 1955 
> release under the name 'The Banjo Maniacs' or Pick It You Peasant on 
> Decca 29623?
> 
> Any ideas
> 
> T
> 
> 
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