[78-L] Xmas Music

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Xmas Music


>A Decca record, originally in the "Holiday Inn" album. Soundtracks weren't
> being issued at this time..if they had been, you'd have heard Marjorie 
> Reynolds
> (or was it Martha Mears dubbing?) singing harmony. I see Mike Biel has 
> just
> responded to this without explaining why it was rerecorded. This was one 
> of the
> last recordings Decca made before the AFM ban, and before they began 
> recording
> masters on 33RPM discs which could be dubbed to 78 masters for new 
> pressings.
> The original one was a huge hit and the parts just wore out!
>
> There have been a few reissues claiming to have the "original" but which 
> in
> fact used the remake (I think the "Bing's Hollywood" series had this 
> problem).
>
Well...in case somebody happens to NOTICE an abscensnce of  my posts
on 78-L...PLEASE check to see if I am stone-cold DEAD!!

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...stevenc