[78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (was Decca Specialty Series (DAU-x))

[David Lennick]

There was a series issued in 1947 called "Top Ten", which for some reason only 
had 7 issues. 4-disc albums, mostly of sketches running 3 to 6 minutes (1 ran 9 
and the Cantor album contained a complete story line). All were recorded for 
these albums, not taken from broadcasts. Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, Edgar 
Bergan & Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Duffy's Tavern, Eddie Cantor 
and Burns & Allen. There was a "Breakfast In Hollywood" set which I believe DID 
use excerpts from broadcasts, there was a "Truth or Consequences" album on 
Mercury, there were a couple of dramas like Archibald McLeish's "Air Raid" and 
Corwin's VE Day Salute "On A Note of Triumph" issued by Columbia, there was 
"The Lonesome Train" on Decca, and Mike Biel will likely step in and add to the 
list.

dl

agp wrote:
> Thanks everyone for info on the Decca Specialty Series (DAU-x) 
> releases. I was particularly interested because of the content as -- 
> and it sorta goes hand in hand -- I am an old time radio fan too. 
> Being that the records of Sorry Wrong Number are OTR-ish, I was 
> interested in finding out if there were similar records issued. I 
> know that there is the Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas show album 
> (on Capitol) , and some Amos and Andy records on Victor. But I wonder 
> what other shows/ episodes proved so popular that albums where made 
> of them for the general public. And by that I don't mean the later 
> issues on vinyl lps, but rather issued contemporaneously.
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