[78-L] Lost Recordings

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Mar 6 16:52:01 PST 2009


David Lennick wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>     
Here's an interesting article on the subject
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/carcon.html

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