[78-L] Goldmine article on value of ODJB original 78

[Chris Zwarg]

At 17:25 08.11.2008, you wrote:
>From: Steve Ramm <steveramm78l at hotmail.com>
>> I happened to see this today and thought you guys (and gals)
>> would get a kick out of it. Go to this URL and look at the
>> SECOND letter in Tim Neely's letter column.
>>  http://tinyurl.com/5jvhk7     Steve
>
>Reasonable, $4-20 valuation, and the guy did OK for 50 cents which is
>what we usually see it at.  Were there really all these label changes
>Neely mentions?  I don't recall ever seeing this particular record with
>a label other than Original Dixieland Jass Band.  Never Jazz for this
>record, but Jazz on all their later records.  Interesting his modern
>interpretation of "Introducing . . ." as a label indication of the song
>they "stole". 

If they had "stolen" it, why would they mention it openly on the label?! 

> Back in those days it was LEGITIMATE and a TRIBUTE to
>interpolate another song, such as "'Sing, Sing, Sing', Introducing
>'Christopher Columbus'".

And usually the bracketed composer credits (if any, that is) include the writers of both the "main" and the "introduced" tune in no particular order, and mechanicals for all of them were thus paid equally honestly (or not).

Chris Zwarg