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

[David Lennick]

No more cheating than looking at my record shelf to see if 9-1 was sitting 
there. 9-4, 9-8 and 9-9 are Al Jolson. 9-3 is Square Dances by Al McLeod, 9-5 
is The Ink Spots. On LP, Oklahoma was DLP 8000, 8001 was Annie Get Your Gun, 
and Song of Norway (edited and shorter than the 45s) was 8002.

dl

On 11/2/2012 7:22 AM, jim brannen wrote:
> Song of Norway per orginal cast album website. Is that cheating? - Jimmyb
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>   From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Decca joins the war of the speeds
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> 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!
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> Next guess?
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> dl
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> 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.
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>> Jeff Sultanof
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>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:38 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
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>>> 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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