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The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 R. P. M. Party Records
© David Diehl 1996
Updated 8/20/99

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L D
Late issues of LAFF-DISC are unnumbered yellow labels with just "LD" plus the title. LAFF-DISC issue number remains in runoff through 808.
LAFF RECORDS
Manufactured by SONGCRAFT, Inc. 1650 Broadway, New York, NY. Black print on green or yellow label, each side is numbered consecutively. L 101, L 505/6 and 507/8 reported.
LAFF RECORDS
Pale green label with black print from the very late 1940's. Catalog numbers L-6 through 17 reported. While the label indicates Chicago, the geographic origins of the discs is still unresolved.
LAFF-DISC
1950's maroon label with silver print which specialized in spoken word records rather than music. Numbered stepwise with 303 followed by 404, etc. through 808, plus 400. Succeeded by L D.
Claude LAPHAM
-- 6-disc Album titled "Musical Adventures in the Land of Erotica"
A Piano Virginall...........................FLAMES unnumbered
Seduction Scene.............................FLAMES unnumbered
Ode To Sappho...............................FLAMES unnumbered
Lory LATHAN
(33374) All Night Long......................DECCA test
LAUGH
1650 Broadway, New York, NY. Related to the BANG label.
Jeanie LEITT
(X-108) Walk It Off........................JEANIE LEITT unnumbered
(X-109) Laziest Gal in Town [Cole Porter]...JEANIE LEITT unnumbered
LET'S HAVE FUN
1950's label using anonymous dubs of earlier performances. Known range 2-13. Label is yellow or lilac with black print.
Ann LEWIS
Ann Lewis appeared at Kit Kat Club in New York City for eight months through July, 1936 and the Club Sudan in Dec. of 1945.
--1940's
(HT-1) Deep Sea Diver................................HONKY TONK unnumbered
(HT-4) Particular Man................................HONKY TONK unnumbered
LIBERTY MUSIC SHOP Numbers L-150 through L-363 reported. Produced records from 1933 through the early microgroove era.
Ben LIGHT
Real name Benjamin Leight?) Toured with Cliff EDWARDS in 1938. In 1955 pianist Ben Light recorded for Label "X", an RCA product designed to imitate pirate 10" LP jazz records. 78 RPM pop material was eventually added but it is not a party label! Died Jan. 6, 1965 in Hollywood at the age of 72.
--Ben Light and his Surf Club Boys, Hollywood c. July/Aug. 1936. Note that all of these sides contain anonymous vocals by a male singer who is credited on his own discs as Bob TANK.
(L-0316) Two Old Maids in a Folding Bed.....HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 316, GOOD-HUMOR 2B
-- Later dubs as "Two Old Maids"........................*** unnumbered
(L 0317) The Girl From Atlantic City........HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD 0317, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 317, GOOD-HUMOR No. 2, GOOD-HUMOR unnumbered, GOOD-HUMOR 10A, ARROW 311, KICKS 5
--Dub as "Gal from Atlantic City"........KICKS unnumbered (G-6)
-Dub as " Atlantic City".......*** unnumbered
(L 0318) Stick It-Shove It-Stuff It.........HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0318, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 318
(L 0319) When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go.....HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0319

(321) Her Fuller Brush Man...............GOOD-HUMOR 13A, HIGH SOCIETY 512, KICKS 14 (G-14)
(L 0322) Annie Couldn't Take It..............................HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 322
--later dub as "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore"...NOVELTY RECORDS NOV-8B
(L0 323) That Little Shanty Behind the House...HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS L 0323, NOVELTY RECORDS NOV 5 (323)
--Later dub as "That Little Shanty Behind the Door"......KICKS unnumbered (G5)
--Later dub as "That Little Shack"..........PARTY NOVELTY'S 50
(L 0324) Knock Knock Nuts..........HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS L 0324
--w. clar. and rhythm-c. Nov., 1936
(L0-330) Give It to Me Daddy.........HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0330, LET'S HAVE FUN 13-A, NOVELTY RECORDS NOV-11, KICKS unnumbered (G-15)(TR-1041-5)
(L0-331) Is It True what They Say about Trixie................GOOD-HUMOR 11-B
--later dubs as "The Boat and the Oar".............RISQUE 4A
(L0-332) Abie's Indian Schicksa................................HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0332
--later issues as "Abies Irish Shastika".......GOOD-HUMOR 14A, PARTY NOVELTY'S 14A, PARTY NOVELTY'S 14
(L0-333) I'm Going To Get Me a Robot Man...................HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0333, GOOD-HUMOR unnumbered
(LO-334) Her Man of War............GOOD-HUMOR 6-B
--later dub as "A Weekend Pass".....RISQUE R-10A
(335) The Dentist.........................................NOVELTY RECORDS NOV-8A
(L0-336) When a Goose Was Just a Bird.............HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0336
(LO-337) But Oh Could Hilda Cook ...HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L 0337, GOOD-HUMOR 606 (L-0337)
(LO-338) Christmas Balls...HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 379, GOOD-HUMOR unnumbered (615), GOOD-HUMOR 9B, KICKS unnumbered(G-11)
--later dubs as "Decorations"...PARTEE RECORDS 202, HI-SOCIETY HS-500-B, HIGH SOCIETY 500, KICKS unnumbered (G-12)
--Hollywood, 1937.
(NRD 478) The Piddlin' Pup......HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 389A , GOOD-HUMOR unnumbered (No. 691), GOOD-HUMOR 15-A
--later dubs retitled "Cute Canine"......PARTY RECORD 508B, ***102, ***508-B
Beatrice LILLIE
Real name Constance Sylvia Gladys Munston; Lady Peel. Born 1893 (or May 29, 1894) in Toronto Canada, died Jan 20, 1989. Popular on both the London and New York stages, appeared in the Third Little Show in 1931. Billed as "the funniest woman in the world", her knack for maintaining a Victorian decorum amidst vulgarity was often imitated.
--Sam Walsh at the piano. Columbia studios, New York City 7/3/34.
(W170752-1) He Was a Gentleman (Harburg & Gorney)............GRAMOPHONE SHOP VARIETIES 1003
(W170753-2) There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden (Lashman)...GRAMOPHONE SHOP VARIETIES 1002
(W170754-2) Snoops the Lawyer (Kalmar & Ruby).................GRAMOPHONE SHOP VARIETIES 1002
(W170755-1) I'm a Campfire Girl (Sullivan & Crooker)..........GRAMOPHONE SHOP VARIETIES 1003
Lillian LONG with Joe Banana and his Bunch, the Band with Appeal
(OR-145119) Falsies................................GAYETY ORIGINAL ASR-1000
(OR-145120) Vacation in Chile......................GAYETY ORIGINAL ASR-1000
The Peddle Song....................................GAYETY ORIGINAL ASR-1001
Little Lass Round Up...............................GAYETY ORIGINAL ASR-1001
LIKEN PROD.
Only known issue is an unnumbered crepitation disc.
LUCKY
A very late Hollywood entry in the 78 R.P.M. game, these became available in the early 1980's from Richard James Hite. The catalog consists of two dubs of unreleased Brunswick tests and two postwar blues from master pressings. Maroon and silver label, numbers 7000-7003.
LUKE THE SPOOK
Possibly a pseudonym for Billy MITCHELL
Ol' Shantytown................................PHFFFT 1313
Adam's First Piece............................RED ?
Ice Man.......................................RED ?
Theo LYNN
All on Account of You (Samberg)........................RADIO NOVELTY 129 B
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