[78-L] Mystery dance bands

[David Lennick]

One of the most interesting such was in a batch of ARC Theater Use Records that 
play at 33RPM, center start! 8 of these turned up in the Sally Ann in Niagara 
Falls NY a few months ago. Most were military bands and pipe organs, and the 
one dance band disc had a crack but played well enough to be transferred. E587, 
"Love, You Funny Thing", as by "Imperial Dance Orchestra" which is probably 
from the February 20/32 session which produced two vocal versions of the song. 
It's been suggested that Bunny Berigan is on this.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Yes,  I am "The Great Taylor,  Man of Mystery Dance Bands."
> 
> So today I am confused about two...
> 
> 
> 1.  American Record Corporation For Theater Use  #F-237. "Ed Loyd and his 
> Orchestra."  Louisiana Hayride/same.
> 
> The more of these ARC Theater records I hear,  the more confuseder I get.  I 
> thought at first that they were all just non-vocal takes of the standard 
> sides issued on the commercial ARC labels,  but I was quickly disabused of 
> that idea when several of them turned up which are nothing at all like the 
> commercial sides of the same tunes...or even by the same bands.
> 
> And this one is really vexing cuz I don't see any ARC dance band version of 
> the tune in Rust,  AND the band on this record just does not sound like any 
> of the usual ARC studio groups of the sort as issued by Young,  Causer, 
> Bullock,  Kardos,  Osborne,  Martin, etc. etc.  Some excellent solo work, 
> and I can't place any of them either...anyone have this thing and have any 
> idea about the band or the soloists?
> 
> 
> 2.  Clarion  5192-C.  "Lloyd Keating and his Orchestra."  Your're the One I 
> Care For / GGO. One Sweet Kiss.   Both sides are odd.  Rust hints that this 
> Keating side might be an Albin but it sure doesn't sound like it to my ears, 
> and certainly not any of the other usual suspects such as Lanin,  Rich, 
> Selvin.  And the Golden Gate side is also odd,  as it has a large (four?) 
> string section,  which I don't recall hearing on a Kirkeby/GGO/Ramblers side 
> before.
> 
> Anyone have or has heard this one and has some ideas?  Nice Jack Miller 
> vocal on the first side.
> 
> Thanks from
> 
> Taylor
> 
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