[78-L] Frank Luther items on my want-list for decades

[Julian Vein]

Guyotsmith at aol.com wrote:
> I often smile and shake my head in amused  disbelief to note the 78s which 
> have remained on my want-list for 30 or 40  years, never turning up and never 
> coming to my attention as the decades roll  onward. Frank Luther, a friend of my 
> grandmother's who worked with her on NBC  during the Depression years, has 
> always been a great favorite of mine. Because  he recorded so prolifically from 
> the late '20s through the '70s, it would be  nearly impossible, I think, to 
> ever hold a fully complete collection of his  recorded work. There are, however, 
> a few recordings in particular which I  have unsuccessfully sought for a very 
> long time, and which really should  not be any more elusive than other titles 
> issued by this artist on the same  labels - and yet I have never found a 
> trace of them, despite decades of  searching. 
> Regards,
>  
> Jonathan
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Can't help you Jonathan, but I'm after one Luther record, Dec 1886 
("George M. Cohan Medley") because, I believe, Dick Robertson makes an 
appearance thereon. Perhaps you could tell me if he's present on other 
titles from these sessions (May 3 and June 14, 1938)?

      Julian Vein