[78-L] Homer and Jethro--33 King sides only

[David Lennick]

33 sides it is..I didn't notice the repeat of "Liza". As I mentioned the other 
night, the two halves of "Tell a Woman" fitted together nicely and played 
through with minimal clicks and thumps.

dl

Mark Hendrix 78L wrote:
> Hello, David:
> 
> I haven't been on the list since it went down, and missed your message,
> below.  I missed a lot of unpleasantness, too, I see.
> 
> Anyhow, Homer & Jethro only recorded 33 sides for King, not 34.  As I said
> in an earlier post, the flip side of King 620, "Managua, Nicaragua," is not
> by Homer & Jethro, but by Fairley Holden and His Six Ice Cold Papas (the web
> site you refer to does not show this fact). King 620 has the released matrix
> of "Bill Bailey...", but there is an unissued version, which I list below.
> Finally, King issued the same matrix of "Poor Little Liza Poor Girl" twice,
> on King 773 and King 809.  Count' em off, there'd be a tombstone every...
> whoops, wrong country artist!
> 
> 10/1946 78 t. KING 571 (US) . Five Minutes More / Rye Whiskey
> 11/1946 78 t. KING 583 (US) . Boll Weevil / Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
> 01/1947 78 t. KING 596 (US) . Over The Rainbow / Ground Hog
> 03/1947 78 t. KING 615 (US) . Cielito Linto / For Sentimental Reasons
> 05/1947 78 t. KING 620 (US) . Bill Bailey Won't You Come Home [by H &J, mx
> K2410]/ Managua Nicaragua [NOT by H & J]
> 06/1947 78 t. KING 623 (US) . I'll Close My Eyes / Symphony
> 10/1947 78 t. KING 659 (US) . Donkey Serenade / Fly Birdie Fly
> 02/1948 78 t. KING 682 (US) . Three Nights Experience / I Wonder Who's
> Kissing You Now
> 03/1948 78 t. KING 695 (US) . Oh You Beautiful Gal / (Don't Telephone Don't
> Telegraph) Tell A Woman
> 04/1948 78 t. KING 701 (US) . Gotta See My Mama Every Night / It Bruised Her
> Somewhat
> 07/1948 78 t. KING 721 (US) . Glow Worm / It's Bloody War
> 09/1948 78 t. KING 731 (US) . Blue Tailed Fly / All Night Long
> 01/1949 78 t. KING 749 (US) . Goodbye Old Booze / I Feel That Old Age
> Creeping On
> 05/1949 78 t. KING 773 (US) . Girl In Police Gazette / Poor Little Liza Poor
> Girl
> 10/1949 78 t. KING 809 (US) . Always / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl
> 1951 SP KING / FEDERAL 10004 (US) . Night And Day / When It's Long Handle
> Time In Tennessee
> 1951 SP KING / FEDERAL 10019 (US) . I'm Glad I Waited For You / Margie
> mx K2823 Bill Bailey  unissued
> 
> Discographically beating a dead rainbow,
> 
> --Mark Hendrix
> 
> PS: None of this, of course, answers your original question as to why
> whichever CD company that had access to this material, only reissued 24
> sides.
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
>> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 8:06 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Over The Rainbow" CORRECTION!
>>
>>
>> 34 King sides here, not counting the King 45 reissue of a couple of sides.
>> http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursh/homer&jethro.htm
>> Interesting site. It looks as if it shows release dates, not
>> recording. And
>> you'll see it when 78-L is up and running again.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Mark Hendrix 78L wrote:
>>> Hello, David:
>>>
>>> I'm simply counting the sides you listed plus the ones beyond
>> those, listed
>>> in Ruppli's discography, including the unissued take. All of
>> the sides you
>>> listed are in the discography, too. That makes 33.
>>>
>>> I don't know about, and didn't count, the sides that seem like
>> Blue Pages
>>> material, but would like to know more. ;) Ruppli doesn't have a
>> title index
>>> (thanks, thanks a lot), rarely lists accompanying musicians (cf. Cliff
>>> Bolling's earlier question about Janet Brace), and besides, the
>> titles David
>>> Diehl mentioned are not listed under any Hank Penny session
>> that I can find.
>>> Mr. Ruppli's discographies are useful, but tend to be rather
>> slapdash, in my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>>> I'm sure Syd Nathan never reissued "Over the Rainbow" because
>> he couldn't
>>> bear paying the copyright royalties.  Too bad; it's a lovely
>> version.  I've
>>> only heard it on one of those Hawthorn broadcasts that Andrea Walsh
>>> uploaded.
>>>
>>> As to your question "why a CD [company] would then issue only
>> 25 and not go
>>> for 'da woiks,'" you know better perhaps than anyone on this
>> list what goes
>>> on in the dark hearts of those who  reissue back catalog on CDs!
>>>
>>> --Mark Hendrix
>>>
>>> PS, sorry to hear about the shards in the mail!
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 3:22 PM
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Over The Rainbow" CORRECTION!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Re-sending this with the correct sender name! For those who tuned
>>>> in late,
>>>> we're talking about Homer & Jethro on King. Caller, you're on the air.
>>>>
>>>> Mark Hendrix 78L wrote:
>>>>> David Lennick asked:
>>>>>> Anyone keeping count?
>>>>> 33 recordings, with one of these unissued.  Is that what you
>> are asking?
>>>> That was what I was asking, because we'd had 26 noted previously
>>>> and I wondered
>>>> why a CD would then issue only 25 and not go for "da woiks".
>> Does this 33
>>>> include the "sitting in" material David Diehl mentioned?
>>>>
>>>> davdieh at aol.com wrote:
>>>>> They also sat in on some sessions, Hank Penny for one. Don't
>>>> miss The freckle song and Let me play with your poodle.
>>>>>  David Diehl
>>>> dl
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