[78-L] BLUE STAR

RAY KILCOYNE kil at roadrunner.com
Mon Apr 6 08:58:42 PDT 2009



> 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.
>
That makes sense, since Les Baxter had done it for Capitol and Victor Young 
for Decca.
Is there a name given for the RCA LPM-1360?
RayK 




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