[78-L] Bunny Berigan Spanish Town

[David Lennick]

Scott Wenzel wrote:
> The metal parts for "In A Little Spanish Town" yielded two takes. From our
> Mosaic set of Berigan, I included this note at the end of the session. 
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> 
> BUNNY BERIGAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA -1 / BUNNY BERIGAN AND HIS BOYS -2: Bunny
> Berigan (tp), Red Jessup (tb), Toots Mondello (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts),
> Joe Bushkin (p), Eddie Condon (g), Mort Stulmaker (b), George Wettling (d),
> Art Gentry (vcl).
> 							NYC, November 23,
> 1936
> 20315-2	That Foolish Feeling (AG-vcl) -1		Br 7784
> 20316-1	Where Are You? (AG-vcl) -1			      -
> 20317-1	In A Little Spanish Town -2			previously unissued
> 20317-2	In A Little Spanish Town -2			SE 5004-S
> 
> Note: Discographies list 20315-1 and 20316-2 for Br 7784, but they are dubs
> of the issued takes shown above. Some reissues list matrix 20317-1 but they
> are dubs of -2; this Mosaic set is the first to commercially release
> 20317-1. Personnel confirmed by the Brunswick ledgers. The Special Edition
> 78 was released on May 17, 1948.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 
> I would be interested to know if a Canadian Columbia did in fact release -1.
> 
> 
> Best
> Scott Wenzel 
> 

I would doubt it..most likely the Canadian Columbia was issued from the same 
parts as used for SE. What's the SE flip? I Can't Get Started, by any chance? 
Canadian Columbia never did its own dubs..even items intended only for the 
Quebec market (Trenet, Piaf, Les Compagnons) were dubbed in New York.

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