[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

Fri Apr 3 20:26:03 PDT 2009

I really enjoyed it.  It's nice to find something so delightful from an 
artist who has so often left me out in the cold.

I do recall another record of hers which I really liked,  of some fairly 
jazzy tune from c. 1929...of course I'm blanking on it at the moment but it 
was on some crappy label like Broadway or Paramount and was not 
well-recorded but she really hit the mark on it.

Do you have other records to listen to on that site?  Seems like I find 
something new every day on the ol' Net.

Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

> It's great, no?
>
> I picked my copy of this up at a Wayne NJ show a year ago for maybe $30, 
> so
> it's out there.  I need to do a better transfer of it though!
>
> Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>
> Many thanks,  Sean...I've gotta admit this is pretty dang good!  Who does
> the nice piano?
>
> I've never heard her sound this good on a "regular" record...maybe it was
> the longer running time of the Edison which allowed her to sort of stretch
> out.    The talking part in the middle is great,  too.
>
> If I ever find I copy,  I will keep it and play it!
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
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> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>
>
>> Yep, it's a DD and also apparently on needle type, but I've never seen 
>> it.
>>
>> Here's a transfer I did of the DD awhile back...
>>
>> http://www.box.net/shared/moo0agqm6o
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:22 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>>
>> Thanks,  Sean..I will seek out the Edison.  I assume it's a thick one if
>> it's the tune I'm thinking of from 1927 (I Like What She Likes,  She 
>> Likes
>> What I Like...).
>>
>> No word yet from the front lines about Maurice J...the guy who puts the
>> "Gunk" into  Gunsky.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>>
>>
>>> Taylor...
>>>
>>> Really???!!!  I love VDL...always have!  She did a really funny laughing
>>> record that came from Gennett matrices that I have on a Supertone.  It's
>>> priceless.  Her "Anything We Like We Like Alike" on electric Edison is
>>> fabulous as well!
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:43 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: [78-L] Two singers who cause me pain
>>>
>>> I can listen to and enjoy a lot of different music and singers,  ranging
>>> from JW Myers to Layne Staley.
>>>
>>> There are two 1920s singers who each made and sold a lot of records, 
>>> and
>>> who I have tried to listen to for years and just can't understand how 
>>> and
>>> why they were so popular.   There are lots of horrible vocals on stray
>>> dance
>>>
>>> band records by various unknowns,  but these two were very well known to
>>> the
>>>
>>> radio listening public and to record buyers.
>>>
>>> One is Vaughn De Leath.   The other is Maurice J. Gunskey.  I just tried
>>> to
>>> listen all the way through his Viva Tonal version of How Am I To 
>>> Know...a
>>> wonderful song...and I couldn't stand it.  How could anyone in 1929 have
>>> gone for his so out-of-date r-r-r-r-r-olling of his r-r-r-r-rs?  And an
>>> ugly,  small voice to go with the mannerisms.
>>>
>>> De Leath is an even bigger mystery to me...a flat and unmusical sound to
>>> her
>>>
>>> voice,  and she was frequently guilty of some of the worst attempts at
>>> being
>>>
>>> "jazzy" that I've ever heard.  I sometimes think she is actually a sheep
>>> who
>>>
>>> has somehow learned to sing in English but at any moment might revert to
>>> "Ba-a-a-a-a"-ing in her native tongue.
>>>
>>> So many others took me a while to appreciate:  Irving Kaufman,   Sid
>>> Garry,
>>> Lee Morse,  Scrappy,  etc.  But nothing seems to work with Maurice or
>>> Vaughn
>>>
>>> (note what her initials spell...maybe that's part of the problem)
>>>
>>> I don't like all singers equally but I can certainly see what's what 
>>> with
>>> most of them,  even if I don't seek out their records.  But these
>>> two....what's up with them?  Any fans of either who could suggest some 
>>> of
>>> their better disks?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks from
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>
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