[78-L] Decca K-69, 88116 Sam Hinton - label scan wanted

[David Lennick]

Thomas Stern wrote:
>   If anyone has the Sam Hinton recording, issued on Decca  K-69 and 88116, I
> would like to
> obtain label scans, any data in the wax, and mp3's of the songs if possible.
>   There is speculation that the masters for this issue MAY have been made by
> an outside source -
> does anyone know if there is any indication in the wax, or on the labels to
> indicate such a source???
>   Did Decca ever purchase other producer's masters?
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
> 

They purchased or otherwise obtained the entire Signature catalog, or else Bob 
Thiele brought it along with him to Coral. Two Aquaviva sides that appeared on 
Decca later appeared on MGM, so they were probably licensed from the conductor. 
And there's the famous story of Stuart Hamblen bringing in a tape containing 
"Open Up Your Heart" by the Cowboy Church Sunday School, but nobody ever seeing 
the singers in the flesh since they were a normal-voiced group recorded at 33 
and played back at 45.

The Decca books show matrix numbers L6544 and 6545 for this, recorded in LA, 
Novbember 28/51..no indication of an outside source.

dl