[78-L] VERY early Jussi Bjorling?

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

Thanks Kristjan!

I kind of thought that this was the case.  My disc is the appropriate label for 1920 (lime-green ethnic Columbia) with the all-caps COLUMBIA.

Interesting find.  thanks again :)

Brad
----- Original Message -----

From: Kristjan Saag 

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Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:52:21 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: Re: [78-L] VERY early Jussi Bjorling?



This was, indeed, one of the first recordings by Jussi, made during a US 

tour with his brothers and his father (who also was an opera singer).

These Columbias from 1920 (there are three of them) have been reissued many 

times. A few years ago one of them was offered for about a 100 dollars by 

Nauck.

Kristjan



>

> Fellow shellacophiles:

>

> I was going through some re-found discs and discovered a few acoustical 

> Comlubias, all Swedish.  Looking at the one on the top of the pile, I see 

> E4547, a pair of sides from a Swedish children's group.  The names are 

> given as Olle, Jussi and Gosta Bjorling.  Would this be one of the first 

> appearences of operatic tenor Jussi?  Or is ot a twist of coincidence.

>

> Not really a must-have for the operatic crowd (but I bet it would bring a 

> vastly overinflated price on e-poo).....

>

> My curiosity runneth over.  Matrices are 85798 (Sommar Gladje) and 85799 

> (Barndomshemmet).

>

> If I ever get the audioblogs back in functional order, I may put this in 

> the ever-increasing stack of discs to put tup there.  Mike, can I borrow 

> your bathtub? :)

>

> Brad

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