[78-L] Harry Reser on Apollo

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 6 09:24:35 PST 2009


Reser's on THE SOUND OF MAGNIFICENT MANDOLINS by Dick Dia, on Audio
Fidelity AFSD 5963, from 1962.

On 3/6/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 1939, in fact, recorded that year by the Boston Pops. There were a few
> versions
> of it in the late 40s, including Ambrose on London Red Label.
>
> dl
>
> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>> I always thought JAZZ LEGATO/JAZZ PIZZICATO was a Leroy Anderson
>> composition.  If that is correct it must have been one of his earliest,
>> two
>> years before SLEIGHRIDE.
>> RayK
>> From: "David Lennick"
>>> Interesting..I didn't know Rochester made more than one record for
>>> Apollo.
>>> I
>>> have Bagel And Lox but not Boy What A Girl/Old Uncle Fud. And I have
>>> Reser
>>> on a
>>> DJ label on Apollo.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>>>> Here's a singles discography of Apollo.  They left out the year for your
>>>> record, meaning they weren't sure.  The Dean Martin entry nearby 1088
>>>> was
>>>> recorded in NYC in October 1947, if that means anything.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/apollo.html
>>>>
>>>> RayK
>>>> From: "Andrea Walsh"
>>>>> Hiya everyone-
>>>>>
>>>>> I am puzzled.  I have here a purple Apollo number 1085 of "Harry
>>>>> Reser's
>>>>> Jumping Jacks" (no "Six' in sight, funny enough) doing "Banjo Boogie"
>>>>> on
>>>>> one
>>>>> side and "Jazz Legato"/"Jazz Pizzicato" on the other.  When is this
>>>>> from?
>>>>> When was it recorded and/or issued?  It's not in the settleback
>>>>> discography,
>>>>> my go-to page when my Rust books fail me..  Apollo is a 40's & 50's
>>>>> label,
>>>>> right?  What's Reser doing on there, was he trying to stage a comeback
>>>>> or
>>>>> did he record throughout the 30's, 40's and 50's and I had no idea?
>>>>>
>>>>> Clueless as usual---
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any input-
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrea
>>>>> _______________________
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