Hi from Bob Moke

Thanks to David Clark, with whom I’ve exchanged many
messages over the years, and Rick Levine, who recently
encouraged me to join up, I’m happy to send my greetings
and sincere thanks for the support that my YouTube
efforts have received from some of the members here.

In answer to a couple of questions that may have come up
at some point:

Label images on my channels are primarily obtained from
online sources (most of my own 45s were once stuck with a
little ‘Moke’ sticker, unfortunately) and are included
for reference, whether or not the accompanying audio was
sourced from an actual 45 single.

From my YouTube beginnings in 2010, the majority of
1950s-60s postings were audio sourced from conveniently
available digital files (largely Usenet) or CD rips,
assuming that they were the single versions and also
saving me a lot of time and effort. Moving up to the
late ‘60s when stereo singles were on the rise and
multiple-release versions were becoming more common (and
I was getting notified that I had posted some non-single
edits or takes), I began both to switch over to direct
transfers and add ‘transferred from’ to the written
descriptions when appropriate.

For the ‘70s and later, ‘released on’ or ‘issued on’ in
the description means that the audio was not verified as
a direct vinyl transfer. The recent discussion on George
Benson’s “The Greatest Love Of All” notwithstanding, if I
did not own a particular 45 version--or if mine was not
in good condition--I would still include ‘transferred
from’ in the post description of a digital file which I
had obtained elsewhere, as long as it was specified as
having originated as such.

Best regards to all!

Welcome, Bob!

I assume you are the "78 Prof" on YT as well?

Edited by Paul Haney

Paul Haney wrote: Welcome, Bob! I assume you are the "78 Prof" on YT as well?

Yes indeed! Born in '43 and grew up listening to my dad's
1930s & '40s 78s. I've retained a great affection for the
pre-rock era of music along with what came after.

Paul, what year did you join Joel at Record Research? I
left Milwaukee in 1980.

Great to have you here, Bob!

Welcome to the forum.

I've recently been gifted a family membership to YouTube
Music and discovered your playlists shortly thereafter.
I've now added every year's "listed by artist name"
playlist back to 1960 to my library and really love
shuffling through a particular year's selections as
background music. It's nice to be able to hear a lot of
usually ignored tracks among the bigger hits.

Thanks so much for your efforts.

Welcome, Bob, and thanks for all your hard work. It is very
much appreciated by your many fans.

Robert wrote: Welcome Bob! I remember you well from our WEMP days. Glad you've joined the group. I think you'll be impressed with the depth of knowledge and the lack of "ego" that the guys on this forum display. This group is friendly, civil, extremely knowledgeable, and you're a perfect addition!

Great hearing from you, Robert/Bob! 😊 It has been much
too long between greetings. Hope that all is well with you
and yours.

Welcome, Bob. I may not post often here but I do follow the chats pretty
regularly. I left the Milwaukee area myself in 1977, although I was only 12
back then. Didn’t go too far away, actually. I got my love of 1960’s and
1970’s music by listening to WOKY (especially) and WZUU during that time.
I look forward to reading your posts.

Jon O.

Glad to have you and welcome Bob.

I'm always interested to hear any insights into the 50's, 60's and 70's 45 information we might not already know. Thanks for posting!

Welcome Bob, I'm a follower of yours on YouTube, greetings
from Argentina