I found the label shot shown below on the gharamophone website. The Philips 78rpm record, a reissue of a 1937 Polyphon disc, was probably pressed in France to be distributed in Tunisia. Part of the information is in Arab. Quite an exotic record and I felt like showing the label on this website. In the meantime I’ve seen more Philips releases aimed at the North African market. There’s always something new to discover!

The article on the gharamophone website, with more information on the artist (Raoul Journo), can be found here and there’s more Philips and other interesting stuff to be found.

Added were images for a 12 inch 78rpm record: Philips N 11144 G. Click on the image below to see large images of both sides of this record.

Pictures were added for Philips B 21921 H, a 78rpm record by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra. Click on the image below to see large images.

Images were added for Philips B 07720 R, a 10 inch album by Mitch Miller and Guy Mitchell. Click on the image below for large images and more information.

Last week I finally got the new website structure finished. It’s more or less all done, although some questions remain, as Philips had complicated and inconsistent numbering systems. I’ve taken care of the anomalies as good as possible, but some improvement may still be needed.

Everything is now basically sorted on Philips’ own categories. All issues are filed under the main categories Classical, Jazz & more, Popular and Other; Other being a repository for anything that could not be listed anywhere else. Releases in this category carry f.i. a uncommon prefix/suffix or one that’s used deviant. General information about prefixes and suffixes can be found under Minigroove and all category main pages give some explanations as well.

Under Series you’ll find duplicates of what’s already been listed in the other categories, but they are sorted on series name here. Series with a numbering system of their own, are listed in the main categories. There are only a few of them left, under Classical.

Note that 78rpm releases (non-Minigroove) and single/EP releases can now be found under Links. Maintenance of the listings with single/EP releases is discontinued, but the information remains available. For now, my attention for Philips’ 78rpm records continues and the 78rpm listing will be updated from time to time.

Images of Philips P 10073 R were added today. Click on the image below for large images and more information.

Images where added for Philips A 00684 R, a classical album from 1954. Click on the image below for all images and more.

Scans were added for Philips S 06140 R, a classical 10 inch record, featuring works of G. Verdi (Overture “I Vespri Siciliani”) and G. Rossini (Overture “Guillaume Tell”). Click on the image below to see large images and more.

Added today are scans of Philips B 21932 H by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra. Click on the image below to see larger images (both sides),

Images and information were added for Philips BBL 7365. Click on the image below to see all of it.