[78-L] re-issues

[Taylor Bowie]

I think there is some crappy cut 10" version of the 12" Berigan "I Can't Get 
Started"  which to me is even more stoopid than a shortened  "Sing, Sing, 
Sing."  Again,  must have been somebody at Victor who thought such a version 
would sell...but to whom?

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
To: <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:07 PM
Subject: [78-L] re-issues


Reading the colourful discussion about re-issues reminded me of a record I 
have which doesn't make any sense at all. It is a 10 inch re-issue of "Sing, 
Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman. It's on the "Swing Classic" label and is 
simply a truncated version of the 12 inch recording. I don't understand why 
anyone who wanted the piece would want to save a quarter or whatever to buy 
this shorter version. I'm sure there are probably other 12 inch recordings 
which were similarly released but I don't know of any. I have run into some 
Decca sets, (like "Song of Norway"), which were subsequently released in 10 
inch versions but I think they did some groove squeezing so that all the 
music was on the smaller records. I'm not saying this because I've compared 
the records but, if I recall, there was some indication on the label of 
these being longer playing records.

db
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