[78-L] Jack Denny, brief bio

[David Lennick]

This is interesting..who's Robert Callen? And the change from 60 to 25 cycle 
equipment could account for the wobbly sound on those recordings.

Brunswick recorded Quebec artists in Plattsburgh between April 1928 and July 
1929. Not sure why Rust would list Denny's 1928 sessions as being in Montreal. 
The band presumably travelled to New York for their 1929 and 1930 sessions. 
Note that "Goodbye Broadway, Hello Montreal" was one of the Plattsburgh sides. 
I'll have to dig that out..seems to me it's not as dreary as the others, but 
it's been a few years.

dl

martha wrote:
>   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.
> 
> 
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> ----- 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
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