[78-L] BLUE STAR

[David Lennick]

I'm still thinking that Kapp is a misprint for Capitol, since Martin recorded 
for Capitol in the mid 50s and didn't go to Decca till later. And Kapp didn't 
merge with Decca (or get bought out or whatever) till I believe some time in 
1968. And it's possible that Merv sang with Martin on a mid 50s album for old 
time's sake, since he was enjoying mild success as a solo singer on Victor and 
then Columbia by this time, plus doing some films and TV hosting.

What we need is a Garrod discography for Freddy Martin.

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>> I thought Freddy Martin was on Capitol at that time. Could the chart have
>>> misprinted the label name? That often happened on CHUM charts in Toronto 
>>> where
>>> the local distributor's name (e.g. Apex) appeared instead of the 
>>> originator
>>> (e.g. Roulette). Is this "Blue Star" the "Medic" theme?
>>>
>>> dl
>> ---------------
>> You can find a sample at
>> http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=1015454
>>
>>      Julian Vein
> 
> Both this site and Worldsrecords say the recordings on the "Make Believe" CD 
> were made in the early 1950's.  But we know BLUE STAR didn't come out until 
> 1955, so some of the tracks may have been from RCA Victor masters, but maybe 
> some were from a later label.
> Looking carefully at the cover art for "Make Believe" I see it says 
> recordings from 1956-1957.  So that answers one of my questions.  It "was" 
> an old recording used in 1963 for the Philippines release.  So which label 
> was Martin with in 1956-1957?
> I don't know how Worldsrecords got the dates 1951-1952.  And was Merv 
> Griffith still with Freddy Martin as late as 1956-1957.  I thought he was 
> long gone by then, but it says Merv is on the "Make Believe" CD.
> RayK
>