[78-L] Hal Kemp record question

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Apr 17 09:59:06 PDT 2009


I have it, someplace..will check. But coughing during intros is probably very 
common on records and on radio broadcasts, since for the most part nobody had 
sophisticated audio equipment to detect it.

Of course it could be Joe Venuti sneaking another debatable cuss word into the 
works.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> OK,  I'm ready to tear down the curtain of silence here.
> 
> One of my fave of the later Hal Kemp Orch records is Victor 26300 of "Let's 
> Do It" with a great vocal by The Smoothies.
> 
> I have listened to this record for years,  and at two points in it I swear I 
> hear somebody...coughing.  One is during the little intro passage,  and the 
> second is right as the reeds start their first passage in the chorus.
> 
> If anyone has this record,  please play it and let me know if I'm hearing 
> things or just "hearing things."
> 
> Thanks from
> 
> Taylor
> 
> P.S.  Just got the Blue Wax Columbia of Reginald Forsythe doing an 
> interesting piano solo version of St. Louis Blues...where was that recorded?
> 
> T
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:25 AM
> Subject: [78-L] Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
> 
> 
>> Jeez, Louise, don't tell me this is day two without anyone having
>> anything  to say except one member? Well, two, if you count me.
>> This can't be right. In all the years I've been on 78L I've never seen
>> it happen.
>> Hmmm... Maybe ARSC decided to hold it's conference early.
>> Mal
>>
>>



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