[78-L] Mystery dance bands

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> 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?
>
"Ed L(l)oyd" is almost always a "Nom du disque" for Ed Kirkeby...who was
nominal leader of MANY ARC dance sides! He also led the "California
Ramblers"...and IIRC his files were saved and used in MANY discographies!

> 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.
>
The Abrams-File entry for m#151112 (your LK side) is noted "Ray Seeley
Orchestra" (of whom I wot not?!).150979 (the GGO side) is one of two
numerically-adjacent sides...both nominally the GGO! NO data as to vocals
in the file...?!
...stevenc