[78-L] BLUE STAR

[David Lennick]

David Lennick wrote:
> 
> What we need is a Garrod discography for Freddy Martin.
> 

And then remembered that he HAS the Garrod Discography, although it doesn't go 
past 1956.

Blue Star was recorded for RCA Victor on September 2, 1955 and was part of LPM 
1360. He also played it on AFRS One Night Stand 3839 from the Cocoanut Grove, 
August 1955, so this could be the source of the current reissue. This still 
doesn't tell us how the song ended up on Kapp in the Philippines.

No artist index, so I can't see whether Merv rejoined Freddy at any point.

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
>>
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