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

[Bill McClung]

Can someone tell me more about "Top Ten."  I have all seven albums.  I have
it in my head that they were done as some kind of premium and may not have
been for sale everywhere.


> [Original Message]
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 7/5/2009 10:06:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (was Decca Specialty
Series(DAU-x))
>
> 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.
> > 
> > T
> > 
> > 
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