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Thread ID: 91244	2008-06-30 21:42:00	Pat Boone Recordings	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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684038	2008-06-30 21:42:00	I have been collecting records, on and off, since 1958. One of the first I bought was Pat Boone singing "Love Letters in the Sand" with "Bernadine" on the other side. It was pressed as a 78 shellac. A short time after, don't know how long, they started releasing the then new 45s and I purchased the same songs on a 45. Now I have what I think may be an unusual set of the same song (both made from the same master) on 45 and 78. It was recorded by Dot Records in Hollywood and released on the London label in NZ, made by His Master's Voice (NZ) Ltd for the Decca Record Company Ltd., London (NZL.205). Is this an unusual or rare combination, or do you think that there may be many such sets world wide? Does such a set have any value or do you think it may be just a curiosity? I'm not wanting to sell the set for lots of money, just wondering if they have any worth. Pat Boone made a re-recording of these songs (as did many artists) in later years so many people may think they have a copy (on CD most probably) of the original recording. Does anyone have any expert opinions or know where I might find that type of information? Thanks.	Roscoe (6288)
684039	2008-06-30 21:51:00	Sorry, can't help you. Just sit back and enjoy the smooth voice of a real singer. So much better than most of the modern day stuff...Hey what??? Ken ;)	kenj (9738)
684040	2008-06-30 22:24:00	You're right. He was good. Saw the film "Bernadine" when I was young and impressionable and at the time I thought it was amazing, fantastic, brilliant! It certainly seems a bit dated now (b & w) as do the photographs on his record covers. Wasn't he a good looking boy?	Roscoe (6288)
684041	2008-06-30 22:52:00	Had a good looking daughter as well Ken	kenj (9738)
684042	2008-07-01 05:09:00	Had a good looking daughter as well Ken And I heard that you were a clean living lad! What will SWMBO say?:o	Roscoe (6288)
684043	2008-07-01 05:49:00	And I heard that you were a clean living lad! What will SWMBO say?:o Nothing... she fancies Westlife. (No ear for music) I tell her "No fool like an old fool" applies to women as well Ken :D	kenj (9738)
684044	2008-07-01 09:04:00	Snap! I call my SWMBO a "musical philistine" and she (for once) does not argue, but she does draw the line at being called any kind of fool, despite what you or I say! I used to tell her interesting tit-bits about different singers but these days I refrain. (pun intended!) No interest in the colour of Neil Diamond's socks at all. Amazing! "Pat who?" she has been heard to say.:groan: Which is why I asked for the musical literate types on F1. Thanks, Ken. Nice to know that there is some intelligent life forms out there.;)	Roscoe (6288)
684045	2008-07-01 13:42:00	I collect alot of bootlegs and oddities, people go mad for mistakes in spelling and things like that as well of how rare things are. Anyways you may find this link of interest: www.discogs.com	rob_on_guitar (4196)
684046	2008-07-01 22:17:00	Thanks, Rob. Interesting, I thought, that it only shows "Love Letters in the Sand" as a 10" shellac and yet I have a 10" and 7" so I suppose that they did not release a 7" in America? When you speak of oddities, I think of three 78s that I have. The music is not important (I don't think) but they are only recorded on one side. One b side is completely blank and the other two have the company name embossed on the b side. As I understand it, initially no-one though to record anything on the b side which, in retrospect, sounds silly. Also, I have often wondered why many recordings were released in mono in NZ while they were released in stereo overseas. I worked for Radio Hauraki in the late 1960s and an Air NZ pilot used to bring over some of the latest releases from LA and we thought them amazing because they were pressed in stereo - a rare treat in this country. One of the first albums pressed in stereo in NZ was "Sgt Peppers" released in 1967. Hauraki played many records not then released in NZ which forced the NZ record companies to get off their bums and release them here - in mono. If you are looking for a rarity, in this country at least, I have a double album entitled "The Beatles Story, a narrative and musical biography of Beatlemania on 2 long play records," released by Capitol. The date is about 1965 as they speak of "A Hard Days Night" which was released in 1964. It's nothing amazing - the Yanks over dramatise everything - but it does have some good but brief snippets of Beatles interviews.	Roscoe (6288)
684047	2008-07-02 10:59:00	In NZ especially in the 60's there was a record company in the south island that did cheap knock offs in mono, they also got in huge trouble and were sued out of business. People actually are collecting those today, Id have to do some research on the company as the name escapes me, but they did get popular at one stage.	rob_on_guitar (4196)
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