[78-L] What's the story on Victor 17959?

[simmonssomer]

Turns out the Lusitania was indeed transporting munitions sub rosa.
But it wasn't the U-17 that did her in. It was the U-20.


Al Simmons

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> On May 7 1916 the NY Times ran a picture of the "Goetz medal," a German 
> propaganda piece designed to justify the sinking of the Lusitania one year 
> previously. It was reprinted in many periodicals and stirred up a lot of 
> anti-German sentiment. Probably torpedoed Billy's little joke.
> David Diehl
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> I was browsing the EDVR and came across a song by Billy Murray entitled
> "Down in the U-17", subtitled in the ledgers (but possibly not on the 
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> as "A Musical Torpedo". Curiosity piqued, I looked up the catalogue number
> it was issued under: Vic 17959, issued in April 1916 and deleted just a 
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> later! I found a recording of it at
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> http://turtleservices.com/downu-17.htm
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> The fact that it's about a German submarine crew having a merry old time
> could certainly have ruffled enough feathers to make Victor have second
> thoughts,
> but does anyone know for sure? Did Victor themselves make the decision, or
> were there complaints from record buyers? I guess I've wondered the same 
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> about Jan Garber's recording of "How Could Red Riding Hood?" that was
> also apparently withdrawn, even though?quite a few?other bands and singers
> recorded it without much apparent fuss.
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> -Harold
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