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

Thu Jan 22 16:38:01 PST 2009

Gentlemen-
I'm sorry I only now saw this thread- I have a nice clean copy of "Over The
Rainbow" by Homer and Jethro (minus Hawthorne clowning through it) and would
be happy to upload it to my box if you'd like an mp3 of it- it's one of my
favorite Homer and Jethro Kings (and I'm trying to collect them all, I have
several friends who do have them all) along with "I'll Close My Eyes" and
"Symphony".

Yours in all things corny, a HUGE H & J fan--
Andrea

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Mark Hendrix 78L <gennett5276 at sbcglobal.net
> 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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