[78-L] Venuti & Pals

[Julian Vein]

Julian Vein wrote:
> r.barnes4 at btopenworld.com wrote:
>> Re Barnacle Bill,
>>  
>> Some thirty years ago Bud Freeman and Ralph Sutton spent a week-end here in Dorset. 
>>  
>> After the concert it was time to for a few drinks, a meal and time to relax.   Bud was a great raconteur and it was an opportunity to record his reminisces on tape.
>>  
>> I asked him about the 'Barnacle Bill' recording.  According to Bud they arrived at the studio where Venuti (and a few others) shared some booze which Venuti was carrying.
>>  
>> Allegedly the engineer was difficult to please and there were a number of ruined takes due, it would seem, to drink driven tomfoolery.     Bud says the wisecracks by Venuti were aimed at the Engineer and the final line was ‘Sh**ter”. 
>>  
>> RB
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> It's curious that it's shown as take -1 though. Perhaps Bud was talking 
> about run-throughs for balance purposes? If take -1 meant first 
> preference, why is its companion "Rockin' Chair" issued as take -2?
> 
>       Julian Vein
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I suppose it's possible that incomplete takes or "disasters" went 
unnumbered because the waxes were going to be recycled.

      Julian Vein


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