[78-L] Decca joins the war of the speeds

Ray kil at roadrunner.com
Thu Nov 1 21:16:27 PDT 2012


I'd guess "The Jolson Story".  I had one so it must have sold a lot.
RayK
>
>
From: Jeff Sultanof
Oh, well, time for others to have a go. I'm too tired.

JS

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:56 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> I'd flip all the cards, but this is too much fun..no, no, no and no.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/1/2012 11:53 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> > Judy Garland, Dick Haymes, Lionel Hampton, Lucky Millinder
> >
> > Could it be any of these?
> >
> > JS
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >wrote:
> >
> >> You'd have thought Oklahoma as I did. Nope, Oklahoma is 9-6. Bearing in
> >> mind
> >> that these all probably came out in one batch, you'd still expect one 
> >> of
> >> their
> >> biggest sellers to have the first number.  But noooooo!
> >>
> >> Next guess?
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> On 11/1/2012 11:36 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> >>> My guesses: Oklahoma or a Bing Crosby album. After all, Columbia's
> first
> >>> pop 10" LP was Sinatra.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Sultanof
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:38 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> When Decca began issuing album sets on 45s in 1949, their second box
> set
> >>>> was
> >>>> "Manhattan Tower", a steady seller since 1946. Anyone know what was
> the
> >>>> first,
> >>>> i.e. album 9-1? The answer may surprise you.
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> >>>>
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