[78-L] Venuti & Pals

[David Lennick]

There are two Lucky pressings. I found one in the collection a widow asked me 
to remove from the house ASAP (the collector had been a friend, but they'd had 
words about the records many times) and the other one may have come from Mike 
Stewart. "Non Skid Manure" isn't that bad but the other stuff is like kids 
playing with a tape recorder (or disc cutter).

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> It was released on the 78rpm Lucky label out of Memphis, by collector 
> Richard Hite. Don't know what year the Lucky pressings were made, though.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Venuti and friends made a couple of "screwing around" records in the Brunswick 
>> studios which exist on vinyl pressings (dubs)..things like "Non Skid Manure". 
>> Remarkably unfunny, actually, but somebody thought they were worth preserving.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>   
>>> Or the other tale of his "soaking" somebody while they were standing next to 
>>> each other at a bar (and I don't mean that Joe spilled a drink on the guy).
>>>
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Dan Van Landingham" <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Introduction (a bit long)
>>>
>>>
>>> >From what I havew read on Joe Venuti,I wouldn't put it past him to do 
>>> something like that.
>>> I don't think it tops Venuti hiring 37 bass players who met at a street 
>>> intersection or him
>>> sawing away at Wingy Manonne's wooden prosthesis.
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 7/11/09, Bart <garioch at texas.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Bart <garioch at texas.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Introduction (a bit long)
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 8:20 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>>>     
>>>>>> . . . there's the famous "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" by Hoagy Carmichael, 
>>>>>> where some refuse to admit that Joe Venuti clearly sings "Barnacle Bill 
>>>>>> The Sh*thead"
>>>>>> throughout the second verse.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>> I had to play that one through and listen. . .
>>>>>
>>>>> Bart
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> Since you're new to this "controversy" you can serve as arbitrator.
>>>> It's always sounded to me like Venuti was singing "sh*tter," not
>>>> "sh*thead." What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Jeff Lichtman
>>>> jeff at swazoo.com
>>>> Check out Swazoo Koolak's Web Jukebox at
>>>> http://swazoo.com/
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> I've been gone for a few days... boy, do I have a lot of email to go
>>> through!
>>>
>>> I hate to wade into any long running controversy but it does sound like
>>> "sh*thead" to me. On the other hand, I played it for my wife and she
>>> insists he's just (faux) drunkenly slurring "(sh)ailor". She also
>>> remembers a Popeye cartoon set to the tune, but I have no memory of it.
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>> A post script on a personal note: I have enjoyed some of the tunes
>>> posted on the Swazoo jukebox before. Especially some silly ones a year
>>> (or more) ago. Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>