[78-L] Carson Robison on Durium
soundthink at aol.com
soundthink at aol.com
Fri Mar 13 17:52:30 PDT 2009
Last add to this: the listing identifies the dance band as Arthur Lally's, with personnel identified.
OK, I'm done.
Cary Ginell
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From: soundthink at aol.com
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 5:51 pm
Subject: Re: [78-L] Carson Robison on Durium
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
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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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