88140 / 88156 The 77800/88000 series ends with this group of labels. Years of monitoring auction lists on Ebay and other sites has not yielded any releases beyond 88156. The white label version of 88155, Freddy Robinson with a stereo and mono version of BLACK FOX is an oddity (Liberty-United Artists) and other releases with […]
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WP 45 RPM 77800 / 88000 Labels Pt 8
88120 / 88139 The 45 RPM single series that began with 77800 continued in numerical sequence ending with 77939 as noted in Part Seven. To the author’s best knowledge there was not a release 77938, 77939 or 77940. The next number series jumps to 88120 with no releases preceding such as 88000 or 88001. Three […]
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77921 / 77937 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77901 / 77920 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77881 / 77900 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77861 / 77880 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77841 / 77860 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77821 / 77840 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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77801 / 77820 The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433. The 77800 series would […]
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