[78-L] Lost Recordings

[David Lennick]

I've just transferred what will be some lost recordings, since they were 
beginning to flake and a piece of lacquer came off after my second transfer of 
one of the bad sides. Not that anybody will really care about this band, a 
small group from Peterborough Ontario who played swing classics really badly 
(they had an excruciating trumpeter) but these may be their only recordings. 
They also needed cleaning, since somebody had wiped them with a muddy rag at 
some time, so I did the transfers dirty and then took a chance and cleaned them 
for a second lift.

As for Benny's concert, there were multiples, but a set being hidden in a 
closet isn't an impossibility.

dl

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> I had a copy of "The Cremation OF Sam McGee" on a 10 black steel disk 
> with a hand written label. It was superbly done, acoustic. I had musical 
> accompaniment. It was stolen from me years ago and I have yet to hear of 
> anyone else who knows of it.
> 
> Also, is the story true about a set of masters for Benny Goodman at 
> Carnegie Hall 1938 performance being found in his closet by his daughter?
>