[78-L] Carson Robison on Durium

[soundthink at aol.com]

By the way, if anyone's interested, there's another copy for sale - cheap!

http://cgi.ebay.com/V-RARE-CARSON-ROBISON-DURIUM-DANCE-FLEXI-78-EN-25-EX_W0QQitemZ120321682635QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item120321682635&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177


-----Original Message-----
From: soundthink at aol.com
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 5:46 pm
Subject: [78-L] Carson Robison on Durium



Just got a British Durium 78 with two tracks on it that show the 
amazing?versatility of Carson Robison. We had been talking about how underrated 
folks like Robison, Frank Luther, and Bob Miller have been, and this disc shows 
proof of that, at least on Robison's part. Robison was making short films in 
London at this time when he cut 3 of the Durium 78s (Russell shows June/July 
1932). There are two songs on the disc, separated by Robison front announcing 
the second song. The first one is a casual dance band tune, "Ev'rybody's Going 
But Me," with Robison sounding like any other Dick Robertson-styled dance band 
vocalist. This is immediately followed by Robison and his Pioneers (the Mitchell 
Bros. & Pearl Pickens) doing "Get Away Old Man," a classic Robison hillbilly 
tune with harmonica and even a patented Robison whistling break. There aren't 
many artists who could make that switch convincingly, much less do it in one 
take at a single session! (I'd love to have seen the faces on 
 the?"stiff-upper-lip" unidentified dance band musicians when they heard the 
second tune).

Looking at the Russell discography, Robison made a ton of recordings from April 
to September while he was in London on such labels as Zonophone, Broadcast 
Twelve, English Decca, Sterno, Eclipse, and Panachord. If this is any indication 
of the quality of these sides, I'll be on the lookout for more. If anyone has 
any laying around, let me know!

Cary Ginell
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