[78-L] Judson, was Re: Sampson, also Nat Brusiloff

[David Lennick]

Found out a bit more about these two off-key harridans..evidently they were a 
vaudeville team and performed regularly on the radio around 1930. Let's hope 
they were good looking. Ruth Glenn and Katherine Kent are their names.

http://www.otrstreet.com/paper_logs/1930/aug/%5Bn%5D30-08-15-(Fri).pdf
(8 pm, WOR)

dl

David Lennick wrote:
> I forgot to clarify..this disc has a Philco label, not a Judson label, so it's 
> part of a Philco-sponsored program. I've never determined whether the green 
> label Judsons are parts of programs or just brief drop-ins..the Ormandy discs 
> have no announcements and seem to be self-contained.
> 
> I've also had the loan of three sixteen-inch 33RPM Judson-produced 
> transcriptions by the "Philco Symphony Orchestra", presumably from 1930. These 
> are parts of programs.
> 
> dl
> 
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Mine are green label...besides the Here Comes Emily Brown side,  I also 
>> played my other two:  That's Why I'm Jealous of You,  and Wedding of the 
>> Birds(!).  Great little no-brass group,  with excellent piano and plenty of 
>> Nat's enjoyable violin.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 8:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Judson, was Re: Sampson, also Nat Brusiloff
>>
>>
>>> Forgot to mention that there's some nice guitar on this as well. I'd 
>>> better
>>> check this with Ray Mitchell, the Lang discographer.
>>>
>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>> This Judson disc bears investigation. No hot fiddle, but a hot little 
>>>> combo
>>>> consisting of trumpet (muted), clarinet and piano, and the most 
>>>> horrendous
>>>> female duo imaginable, whose names sound like Ruth Lenn (or Lennon) and
>>>> Catherine Kent, in a medley of real warm numbers (My Future Just Passed, 
>>>> I Love
>>>> You So Much etc). Philco Program 9 Part 3, mx JS 568.
>>>>
>>>> DL
>>>>
>>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>>> Some Judsons that aren't Eugene Ormandy's Salon Orchestra? Amazing. 
>>>>> Actually I have one blue label Judson I should check, since it's 
>>>>> non-classical..part of a program, no artist on the label. Judson was a 
>>>>> syndicated label named for artist manager and CBS co-founder Arthur 
>>>>> Judson. Columbia (which co-owned the Columbia Broadcasting System but 
>>>>> pulled out after about 3 months) did the pressings. Philco was an early 
>>>>> sponsor of Judson transcribed programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Sampson, also Nat Brusiloff
>>>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>>> Received: Friday, May 1, 2009, 8:23 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So glad the Yves mentioned the Henderson "House of David Blues" which is
>>>>> just packed solid with great solo work,  including a wonderful violin 
>>>>> solo
>>>>> by Sampson...it's one of my very favorite records of all of Henderson's
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a guy with the George Hall band on Bluebird and some of the 
>>>>> Dolly
>>>>> Dawn Patrol sides who is not bad at all,  either...don't recall his name 
>>>>> but
>>>>> he's mentioned in the notes for the Bluebird LP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Violinist Nat Brusiloff could get going pretty well on occasion, 
>>>>> although
>>>>> the records I have him on are all 12" non-commercial radio disks.  They 
>>>>> are
>>>>> one-sided, issued on the "Judson" label by the "Judson Radio Program 
>>>>> Corp."
>>>>> The run inside-out and are mostly a little longer than three minutes. 
>>>>> Best
>>>>> of the three I have is Here Comes Emily Brown so I assume they all date 
>>>>> from
>>>>> 1930...anyone have any more info about these Judsons?    They look like 
>>>>> they
>>>>> might have been pressed by Columbia...the orch. credit is Nat Brusiloff 
>>>>> and
>>>>> his Lido Venice Orch.
>>>>>
>>>>> He's also in one of those Rambling on Radio Row shorts,  with Jack 
>>>>> Miller on
>>>>> piano,  and with Kate Smith.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks from
>>>>>
>>>>> Taylor