[78-L] Moon tunes (was trends)

[Chris Zwarg]

At 20:52 23.01.2009, you wrote:
>I would offer to compare our Moonie  titles so that we could trade but I've 
>taken an oath of laziness for 2009.
>Maybe 2010.
>
>Al Simmons

Sorry I can't resist *this* cue, but in the current climate don't dare to quote more than the discographical data: "Bill Simmons" (Arthur Collins on Edison 9320).

You may however listen for yourself at your own risk

http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1016&query=bill%20simmons&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id

and then ask yourself whether or not Bill Simmons (no question about Al!) *doesn't* emerge as an eminently likeable fellow, and the tune as capitally infectious!

Chris Zwarg


>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <soundthink at aol.com>
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>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:23 AM
>Subject: [78-L] Moon tunes (was trends)
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>> For what it's worth, my database for my collection shows 203 individual 78 
>> sides containing titles with the word "moon" in them. I don't know how 
>> accurate a sample that is, because I have skewed tastes towards jazz and 
>> country, but it represents about 2.2% of the 78s in my collection. This, 
>> of course, includes multiple recordings or issues?of the same song. The 
>> songs with the?most instances are:
>>
>> Blue Moon (5)
>> How High the Moon (9)
>> In the Chapel in the Moonlight (5)
>> It's Only a Paper Moon (5)
>> Moonglow (or Moon Glow) (8)
>> Roll Along Prairie Moon (5)
>> Shine On, Harvest Moon (6)
>>
>> As far as "Moon" artists go, I have three on 78: country pianist Aubrey 
>> "Moon" Mullican, bandleader Art Mooney, and hillbilly artist Moonshine 
>> Kate (the nickname for Rosa Lee Carson, Fiddlin' John Carson's daughter).
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 5:23 am
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] warning ; on-topic - 78 trends
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] warning ; on-topic - 78 trends
>>
>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "William A. Brent" <bbrent at pipeline.com>
>>>> Hi
>>>> Just wondering - what are the current trends in 1940s-50's sales of 78s.
>>>> I'm not talking about the one off anomalies (like Miss Clooney's
>>>> "Tenderly" selling
>>>> for more than 75 cents on ebay) - but what are the strong sellers
>>>> (if any) from that time period.
>>>> Are people actively looking for certain labels and artists - or has the
>>>> digital
>>>> age eliminated all but Elvis from the market?
>>>>
>>> AFAIK, the demand for 1946-1959 78's is minimal...with two notable
>>> exceptions! ANYTHING that was issued on 78 after such discs were
>>> no longer being pressed "south of the border" (there are a lot of folks
>>> with 78rpm jukeboxes, eh...?!) as well as ANY "Elvis" 78's (which
>>> are NOWHERE NEAR as valuable as their sellers assume/hope...?!)
>>>
>>> Once the 45 was introduced in 1949, 78rpm phonorecords became
>>> "obsolete"...! They only draw interest from (1) dedicated 78 fans,
>>> insofar as such exist; (2) owners of "antique" 78rpm jukeboxes; and
>>> (3) that handful of completists who MUST have EVERY issue of
>>> their "idol," in EVERY format...and even with EVERY variation of
>>> the copyright symbol/statement...that EVER existed...?!
>>>
>>> ...stevenc
>>>
>> I know of a maniac who transfers every 78rpm with "Moon" in it's title, 
>> that
>> he can get his hands on, onto CD. He calls them "Moon Tunes."  He  already
>> has close to twenty CD's of this genre.  I could ask him for a list of
>> titles but he's too lazy. He says he's only scrached the surface and will
>> dedicate the rest of his life to complete this project (among many 
>> others).
>> If he weren't my closest friend I'd send him to a doctor.
>>
>> Al Simmons
>>
>> Al Simmons
>>
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