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

[David Lennick]

Wrong label..the answer has appeared, and it's something I would have thought 
was very low on the priority list for releasing at 45 since I don't even see it 
that frequently on 78.

dl

On 11/2/2012 10:49 AM, Bud Black wrote:
> Street Scene?
>
> Bud
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 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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