[78-L] Jack Denny, brief bio

[martha]

  According to Robert Callen,  the first time Brunswick sent him to Montreal to 
record, the Canadian Customs officials blocked entry of the recording equipment. 
Plattsburgh had only 25-cycle electricity, so the sessions were further delayed 
while they rigged their 60-cycle motor-generator set to run at the right speed. 
Another delay occurred when drunk musicians arrived from Montreal,  having opened 
some of the booze they smuggled into the USA for the benefit of the recording staff.

 Whether Denny was part of the above sessions, I don't know.




----- Original Message ----- 
>> The ones recorded in Plattsburg are particularly poor. I collect Denny
>> for the vocals by Dick Robertson and Scrappy Lambert, no other reason.
>>
>>       Julian Vein
>>
> I seem to remember dreary sound and pitch problems. Brunswick often dubbed its
> masters in the 20s, unlike other labels..sometimes the sound is fine, sometimes
> it's blechh. Plattsburg was used as a recording location for many Canadian
> artists, although you'd think it would have been easier to bring the equipment
> into Montreal than to move whole orchestras over the border. And per Ross
> Laird, some sides WERE recorded in Montreal.
>
> dl