[78-L] An American Decca query

[kil at roadrunner.com]

Fascinating.  What were some of the titles recorded in that first Hamblen session?  Just wondering if he was straight Country right from the start.  I didn't think Decca was into Country that early.  I guess Ernest Tubb came along soon after.
RayK

---- David Lennick  wrote: 
> The claim is almost valid, actually. Decca began recording almost 
> simultaneously in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in August 1934. Charles 
> Bourne recorded in NY on August 2nd and 3rd and none of the sides was released. 
> Hamblen made the first LA recordings on the 3rd, and Chicago didn't start 
> recording activity till the following week. Bing Crosby and the Sons of the 
> Pioneers had sessions in LA on the 8th, then Guy Lombardo and the Dorsey 
> Brothers recorded in NY a few days later. Whether or not Hamblen had the first 
> contract, he seems to have made the first recordings to be issued.
> 
> dl