[78-L] Unissued Slim and Slam

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Speaking of The Ink Spots, what group was it that sang "I Get A Kick Out 
Of You" in Mel Brooks "Blazing Saddles"? It had to have been a 78-era group.
Mal

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David Lennick wrote:
> I've had a vinyl pressing from a very noisy stamper of an unissued Vocalion 
> master, 23360-2, 'You're Just a Dream', typed label reading Slim And Slam. This 
> number is not in Rust or Lord, but the three numbers preceding it are 
> (23357/9), August 17, 1938. Unlike the usual Slim & Slam fare, this is a 
> ballad, only Slim (as far as I know) taking the vocal, with some nice tenor sax 
> playing by Kenneth Hollon. Does anyone know why this wasn't issued (I'm 
> assuming it wasn't) and why it isn't even listed, or has it appeared anywhere? 
> Or might the master have been damaged in the original processing? Is there a 
> take -1?
>
> Inquiring minds have nothing better to do..it's not even a very good song, the 
> kind of thing the Ink Spots would have used as a B side. Just curious.
>
> dl
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