[78-L] Decca's Music of Our Time series

[David Weiner]

Stephen Davies wrote:
>         I have the set on 78rpm from 1916 - 1944, and am now looking for 
> duplicates.  It is odd to see how Decca sat on these recordings for 
> several years until they were ready to start releasing them.  

Easy..there was a shellac shortage! It made more sense to get as much
mileage 
out of Bing and a few a capella hits by The Song Spinners, and then use the 
alloted shellac for Oklahoma! and other guaranteed hits. A lot of recordings

from 1942-45 weren't issued till 1950 and some were never brought out.

dl


Woody Herman left Decca in 1944, disgruntled that they only released four of
the 24 sides he recorded in 1943-44 at the time.  Some came out on Coral 78s
five years later and others say the light of day on LP. 

Dave W.