Roger wrote:

REVIEW - The Diamonds - "A Beggar For Your Kisses" - ATLANTIC 981;DECEMBER 1952

https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/the-diamonds-a-beggar-for-your-kisses-atlantic-981/#more-100082

YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4kOLeZxp4

SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT - 7/10

From what the videos say it seems that the 45 and 78 were different versions. Here's the one that supposedly was the 78 release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yw_XNAfGs

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Roger wrote:

REVIEW - The Diamonds - "A Beggar For Your Kisses" - ATLANTIC 981;DECEMBER 1952

https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/the-diamonds-a-beggar-for-your-kisses-atlantic-981/#more-100082

YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4kOLeZxp4

Bruce wrote :

From what the videos say it seems that the 45 and 78 were different versions. Here's the one that supposedly was the 78 release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6yw_XNAfGs

Thanks Bruce for the information concerning the two different versions on this one

OK it appeared in the 1952 Singles Battle and performed thusly :-

PRELIM

7 Billy "Red" Love - Drop Top - Chess 1508
9 The Diamonds - A Beggar For Your Kisses - Atlantic 981

R1

7 The Diamonds - A Beggar For Your Kisses - Atlantic 981
18 Hank Williams - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - MGM 11366

And later featured in the Vocal Groups Encore Battle

R1

1 The Pilgrim Travelers -- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well -- Specialty 329 -- 1949
9 The Diamonds -- A Beggar For Your Kisses -- Atlantic 981 -- 1952

R2

4 The Diamonds -- A Beggar For Your Kisses -- Atlantic 981 -- 1952
6 The Cadillacs -- Zoom -- Josie 792 -- 1956

SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT - 7/10

Yes I go along with a high 7 on this one

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I like the uptempo flip side better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBLwSX7yzAw

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DianeE wrote:

I like the uptempo flip side better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBLwSX7yzAw

sacrilege!!!

Not with those vibes it ain't better.

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On 1/28/2024 2:05 PM, Bruce wrote:

DianeE wrote:

I like the uptempo flip side better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBLwSX7yzAw

sacrilege!!!

Not with those vibes it ain't better.

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The vibes on this record are quite muted, and there's no break. Yes, a
sax break would have improved it, but all in all I think it rocks.

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