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BESSIE SMITH & HER BLUE BOYS - 'Money Blues' - 1927 78rpm 78s4FR 1,236 views Bessie's got the worries - and tells it how it is
The CORONETS - 'My Believing Heart' - 1956 78rpm 78s4FR 637 views The UK vocal group and their amazing organ!
SANDY POWELL - 'Sandy The Goalkeeper' - 1929 78rpm 78s4FR 481 views Caught - Saved - and kicked out to you!
LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - 'Chicky-Mo Craney Crow' - 1949 78s4FR 174 views Toe-tappin' number from Louis, with birds on his mind!
MAX BYGRAVES - 'Lift Boy' - 1956 78rpm 78s4FR 496 views Max's song has its ups and downs, whilst elevating him to stardom! (ho ho)
SLIM WHITMAN - 'When I Grow Too Old To Dream' - 1955 78rpm 78s4FR 481 views Nice song from Mr Slim
GEORGE FORMBY - 'Riding In The TT Races' + 'The Isle Of Man' - 1936 78rpm 78s4FR 1,461 views I've just heard it's TT week on the Isle of Man - so here's George Formby's classic tune from his chaotic bike race film 'No Limit'. The b-side's not in the film
BESSIE SMITH & HER BLUE BOYS - 'Muddy Water' - 1927 78rpm 78s4FR 316 views Chattanooga's 'Empress of the Blues'
JIMMIE RODGERS - 'Lullaby Yodel' - 1928 78rpm 78s4FR 890 views Jimmie's flip of Memphis Yodel. Hope you stay awake until the end!
LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - 'Beans And Corn Bread' - 1949 78rpm 78s4FR 2,312 views One of my new discoveries is Mr Jordan. On the look-out for more!. A neat feet-mover on Canadian Decca

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Jan 15, 2012

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Wow! - Over 3 million hits!!!!!. Sure makes me very happy. Proof so many people want to hear the old tunes, no matter what age they are. Thank you everyone! ;-)

Hi 78 lovers.
I'm Liz and I'm still on here....amazingly!.
'Sharing the shellac' with my faithful 1958 Decca record player with its nice glowing dusty valves....and its third stylus in ten months!.
And a big 'hello' to UMG, WMG, Koch, Sony Music Entertainment and all the new ones springing up, who've blacklisted 475 - yes...475! - and wiped away 27 of my clips already. I'm simply boosting awareness to younger generations - and your therefore your future sales. So a nice big 'thank you' would be welcome :-)

I'm glad Dad kept my previously posted films on DVD-R, because here they are again....and many more!

A lot of these 78's belonged to my grandparents and great-grandparents (RIP Grandma x). They had a wind-up HMV player and always took it out with them in their old Humber car for picnics and holidays.
Dad looked after them for a while, but needed space for his hoard of old vinyl, so I was thrilled to be the new owner of these 'heirlooms'. They now share my small dining room with the Decca, a load of wires, and my PC.
I've always loved 40's and 50's music along with the fashions and styles. Cars, clothes, furniture, the dances, you name it...what a great era. Wish I was a teen then :-(

Hope you enjoy listening to my shellac gems. The hissing, crackles and pops too!.

Liz x

PS: Most of the details I write have been scoured off the 'net, the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and the latest Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide. I'm no music history expert (yet), so if any details are wrong, please let me know.

PPS: On a few really quiet and hissy records, dad's recorded them via his PC and made them a tad better. Otherwise I'd have to give 'em a miss, and we don't want that, do we!.

PPPS: If anyone objects to the tunes I've posted, please get in touch and I'll delete them within good reason.

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