Aladdin (CA) 78rpm Volume 7

 Aladdin (CA) 78rpm Volume 7

Subsidiary : Philo (CA), Score (CA) , Lamp (CA), 7-11 (CA)

Location : (Sept 1945)  423-½ West Fifth Street Los Angeles CA

(Feb 1946) 5352 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles 19, California

451 North Canon Drive

Owners : Brothers Eddie & Leo Mesner

Track List

3100 Series

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3100 : Calvin Boze - I Can't Stop Crying (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3100 : Calvin Boze - I've Got News For You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3101 : Floyd Dixon - Time & Place (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3101 : Floyd Dixon - Do I Love You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3102 : Billie Holiday - Rocky Mountain Blues (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3102 : Billie Holiday - Blue Turning Gray Over You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3103 : Lynn Hope - Free & Easy (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3103 : Lynn Hope - Too Young (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3104 : Lowell Fulsom - Stormin' & Rainin' (1951) reissue

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3104 : Lowell Fulsom - Night & Day (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3105 : Amos Milburn - She's Gone Again (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3105 : Amos Milburn - Boogie-Woogie (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3106 : Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers - Cloudy Skies (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3106 : Johnny Moore - You Don’t Have To Treat Me Like A Stranger (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3107 : "Peppermint" Harris - Have Another Drink & Talk To Me (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3107 : "Peppermint" Harris - Middle Of Winter (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3108 : "Peppermint" Harris - Let The Back Door Hit You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3108 : "Peppermint" Harris - P. H. Blues (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3109 : Lynn Hope - Eleven Till Two (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3109 : Lynn Hope - She's Funny That Way (2) (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3110 : Calvin Boze - Fish-Tail (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3110 : Calvin Boze - I'm Gonna Steam Off The Stamp (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3111 : Floyd Dixon - Baby, Let’s Go Down To The Woods (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3111 : Floyd Dixon - Too Much Jellyroll (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3112 : Pee Wee Crayton - Daybreak (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3112 : Pee Wee Crayton - When It Rains, It Pours (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3113 : Five Keys - It's Christmas Time (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3113 : Five Keys - Old McDonald (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3114 : Maxwell Davis - Charmaine (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3114 : Maxwell Davis - Hey, Good Lookin' (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3115 : Maxwell Davis - I'm Waiting Just For You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3115 : Maxwell Davis - I'll Always Be In Love With You (1951)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3116 : Charles Brown - Hard Times (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3116 : Charles Brown - Tender Heart (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3117 : Lightnin' Hopkins - Daddy Will Be Home One Day (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3117 : Lightnin' Hopkins - You're Not Going To Worry My Life Anymore (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3118 : Five Keys - Old McDonald  (1952) reissue

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3118 : Five Keys - Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3119 : Five Keys - Darling (1952) assigned withdrawn need label

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3119 : Five Keys - Goin’ Downtown (8-9-10) (1952) assigned withdrawn need label

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3120 : Charles Brown - Still Water (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3120 : Charles Brown - My Last Affair (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3121 : Floyd Dixon - Bad Neighborhood (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3121 : Floyd Dixon - Blues For Cuba (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3122 : Calvin Boze - My Friend Told Me (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3122 : Calvin Boze - Hey Lawdy, Miss Claudie (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3123 : Balladiers - Forget Me Not (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3123 : Balladiers - What Will I Tell My Heart (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3124 : Amos Milburn - Trouble In Mind (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3124 : Amos Milburn - Thinking & Drinking (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3125 : Amos Milburn - Flying Home (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3125 : Amos Milburn - Put Something In My Hand (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3126 : Little Miss Cornshucks - Waiting In Vain (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3126 : Little Miss Cornshucks - Time After Time (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3127 : Five Keys - Be Anything But Be Mine (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3127 : Five Keys - Red Sails In The Sunset (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3128 : Lynn Hope - Hope, Skip & Jump (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3128 : Lynn Hope - Please, Mr. Sun (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3129 : Jesse Allen - Rock This Morning (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3129 : Jesse Allen - Gonna Move Away From Town (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3130 : "Peppermint" Harris - Right Back On It (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3130 : "Peppermint" Harris - Maggie's Boogie (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3131 : Five Keys - Mistakes (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3131 : Five Keys - How Long  (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3132 : Calvin Boze - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3132 : Calvin Boze - Good Time Sue (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3133 : Amos Milburn - Roll, Mr. Jelly (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3133 : Amos Milburn - I Won't Be A Fool Any More (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3134 : Lynn Hope - Sentimental Journey (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3134 : Lynn Hope - Driftin' (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3135 : Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210 (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3135 : Floyd Dixon - Wine, Wine, Wine (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3136 : Five Keys - I Hadn't Anyone Til You (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3136 : Five Keys - Hold Me (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3137 : Mickey Champion - Two-Faced Daddy (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3137 : Mickey Champion - Don't Say You Love Me (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3138 : Charles Brown - Without Your Love (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3138 : Charles Brown - Gee (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3138 : Charles Brown - Baby, Do You Know The Game (1952)  2nd press need label

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3139 : Mari Jones - How Could You Be So Mean (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3139 : Mari Jones - Mean Papa Blues (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3140 : Jimmy Wilson - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (1952) reissue

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3140 : Jimmy Wilson - Mistake In Life  (1952) reissue

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3141 : "Peppermint" Harris - I Cry For My Baby (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3141 : "Peppermint" Harris - There's A Dead Cat On The Line (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3142 : Maxwell Davis - Blue Tango (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3142 : Maxwell Davis - The Glory Of Love (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3143 : Maxwell Davis - Blue Shuffle (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3143 : Maxwell Davis - Popsicle (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3144 : Floyd Dixon - The River (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3144 : Floyd Dixon - Red Cherries (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3145 : Patty Ann - I Don’t Know Any Better (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3145 : Patty Ann - The River (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3146 : Amos Milburn - Button Your Lip (1952) assigned withdrawn need label

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3146 : Amos Milburn - Everything I Do is Wrong (1952) assigned withdrawn need label reissue

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3147 : Calvin Boze - Looped  (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3147 : Calvin Boze - Blow, Man, Blow (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3148 : Clayton Love - Chained To Your Love (1952) missing

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3148 : Clayton Love - Where I Want To Be (1952) missing

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3149 : Freddie Strong - Blue Mood (1952)

Aladdin (CA) 78 - 3149 : Freddie Strong  - Gaines' Boogie (1952)

Note : 45rpm issues are usual months sometimes even years later than 78rpm issues. Not all came out on 45 at this point. Normally 78 & 45 were only issued close together if there was high demand. This was not only due to the higher cost to make 45’s as less pressing plants had the facility to make them. They also took more time to get pressed as bigger record company would get precedence for their records. The majority of Aladdin customers only owned a 78rpm record player. This would change as time went on. The first batch of Aladdin reissues on 45 issues seem to start around Oct 1951. The first ever Aladdin 45 was 3099 Five Keys - Glory Of Love. The 78 issue came out in July 1951. it went to number 1 in September 1951 it was quickly pressed on 45rpm.  The high cost of pressing both 78rpm and 45rpm records kept the 45rpm issued down to small production runs. All are very rare today. As 45rpm record players got cheaper & pressing plants changed over to 45rpm, 78rpm records became scarcer Then 45rpm took off. Most Aladdin 45rpm record found are 1970’s bootlegs. My guess would be a local pressing plant offered Aladdin a limited sample run on 45rpm to tempt them to change.

Thanks go to French49 for the help.

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