[78-L] Diiferent 78 titles

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Fri Oct 17 20:34:24 PDT 2008


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
> Hey all,
> There's a copy of Don Redman Brunswick 6211 on eBoinngg right now - must 
> be
> an early copy, as the titles are printed on the labels as "Song of the
> Weeds" (later "Chant of the Weed") and "Shakin' the Africann" (two n's).
> Can anyone think of other cases where titles underwent alterations down 
> the
> road?  I have a Chick Webb Blue Columbia where the titles are "When Dreams
> Come True"/"Get Together" - instead of "IF Dreams Come True" and "LET'S 
> Get
> Together."
>
Most notably...on Brunswick. the earliest issues of "MY Blue Heaven" showed 
the
title simply as "Blue Heaven"...and, in fact, also offered slightly 
different lyrics; the
first line started "When the whipoorwills ARE CALLING," not "...call!"

...stevenc 




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