[78-L] Question re: Vocalion/ HMV/ and Capitol

[David Lennick]

Interesting...Decca really DID try a Vocalion label in 1949 when these and two 
other Chuck Foster sides were recorded (the other is 55012). They'd revived the 
Brunswick label for jazz titles and must have done a few Vocalions as well. I 
was unaware of this. There are 76 numbers in this series. Looks as if some are 
reissues since I see Andy Kirk and Freddie Rich among them, as well as Dick 
Robertson, Art Kassel, The Revelers (a new group?)..

Capitol stopped producing 78s in the US in 1957, along with most of the other 
labels, but as has been noted, we got them in Canada well into 1959.

dl

agp wrote:
> Just got back from my local Half Price Books -- lotsa stuff going for 
> 25 cents. SO that led to a few questions:
> 
> 1) Pick up a Chuck Foster and his Orchestra 78 on Vocalion -- cat 
> 55013 Room Full of Roses/ There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes. I realise 
> that it is probably not all that fascinating/ rare/ collectable as a 
> 78. It was the label that attracted me. Vocalian! I thought that they 
> were done in the early 40s. This is a label style unlike the 'ornate' 
> ones of the original era. It is clearly a Decca product given the 
> matrix numbers (L5040/ L5042) and style -- mimicing the Decca of its time.
> 
> Does anyone have background on later Vocalions
> 
> 2) I picked up 3 Glenn Millers on HMV. They all have a sticker with 
> the words 'Made in England for Radio Corporation of America'. I'm 
> curious about the usage of that label. Oh - -and one side is Perfidia 
> (HMV BD.5698). Is this the Dorothy Claire version or the Paula Kelly 
> version. Label just says 'with vocal refrain'
> 
> 3) Got a Tommy Sands on Capitol. Looks to be a 1957 release - My Love 
> Song/ Ring-a-Ding-Ding -- cat 3690. This is pretty much at the end of 
> Capitol's run of 78s. How much longer did Capitol (USA) continue with 78s
> 
> Thanks
> 
> T
> 
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