[78-L] Mills Brothers Song

[David Lennick]

There was almost a Mills Brothers karaoke CD a few years ago..noise reduction 
using a de-hiss process worked too well, so that there seemed to be no tenor 
voice in the test playback. It got redone.

The original Jones Boy was on Decca and is in the double Best Of set which 
probably survived well into the MCA era. Ironically, MCA inherited Dot, which 
rerecorded the Mills Brothers and other former Decca artists. They also 
inherited Kapp, which rerecorded former Decca artists. Nobody knows what they 
have any more.

dl

Jim Whipkey wrote:
> 
>> I have it on what they used to call a "record"....
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>>> Does someone have an MP3 of "The Jones Boy", by the Mills Brothers? I
>>> hear it when I was a kid and haven't since.
> 
> Strange you should ask!  I have  the song on an LP, which is on top of a
> cabinet next to my turntable because I  played it last week and can't find
> the jacket, which is why it's still perched there.   I don't have any way of
> copying it, except by audio cassette, which I would be glad to do for you.
> The  album is a Pickwick 33 by arrangement with DOT records. It's in stereo.
> Lot of great songs on there.  The label  on both sides reads: Cab
> Deiver-Paper Doll-My Shy Violet.  In addition,  the album has  Canadian
> Sunset, The end of the World, La Cucaracha, The Jones Boy, I still get a
> thrill, Music Maestro Please and the Flower road..  The  lengths of each
> song is also on the label.  The Jones Boy  runs 2:19.
> 
> My effort to find the jacket for this album  turned into a decision to
> listen to everything I have on 33 1/3, figuring I'll find the  empty jacket
> or an incorrectly filed  record in the wrong jacket.   Hope I live long
> enough to hear all the records.  Currently  going through a  Lenny Dee
> Marathon.
> 
> Ancillary  thought:  have  tried, without success to find  these songs, or
> in fact,  any Mills Brothers  tunes on a Karaoke  CD, anyone  have any idea
> if they are available?
> Jim Whipkey
>