[78-L] Sam Ash on Grey Gull

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com>
> What I don't know is why he went from Columbia, which 
> presumably paid real money, to Grey Gull which often did not...
>
Because Ash, like his contemporary Henry Burr, would happily
cut tunes (sometimes the same ones!) for any company which
asked him to...! We too often fail to remember that the record
business of the 1900-1934 era was a COMPLETELY different
"animal" to its current existence...?!

...stevenc