Volume 215: Single-Sided 78s

Welcome to a 78 RPM Sunday!

As I was flipping through my dad’s shellac collection looking for patterns to create a few 78 RPM episodes for this season, I found these 7 disks. What they had in common was their one-sidedness.

Yup. In the early days of records, they only pressed one side. And I’ll talk about why in detail a little later.

What’s most important to remember is that every one of these disks was pressed more than 110 years ago.

So, get ready to hear songs that were recorded and released with no flip side in Volume 215: Single-Sided 78s.

Credits and copyrights

All 78 RPM Shellac Recordings are on the Victor Record Red Label

Alice, Where Art Thou - Evan Williams (recorded Camden, NJ, July 18, 1912.)
Written By – Wellington Gurnsey and Joseph Ascher

A Dream - Evan Williams (recorded Camden, NJ, December 18, 1913, released in 1914)
written by Charles B. Cory, J.C. Bartlett

Absent - Evan Williams ( recorded Camden, NJ, February 28, 1913. released in 1914)
Catherine Young Glen and John W. Metcalf
Eventually became the flip side of A Dream in 1923

A Perfect Day - Evan Williams (recorded Camden, NJ, July 16, 1913)
written by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Eventually became the flip side for Just A-Wearyin’ For You, a recording my dad did not have, but was recorded in 1911.

Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye - Evan Williams
Published in 1868 by John L. Halton

Love is Mine - Enrico Caruso (1912)
Composed By – Clarence G. Gartner
Lyrics By – Edward Teschemacher

O Sole Mio (Neapolitan Folk Song) - Emilio de Gogorza (Recorded 13 May 1909)

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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