[78-L] Gennett questions

[David Lennick]

It should be electrical..Montreal, December 11, 1925. Since Gennett hadn't gone 
to electrical recording by that time, this would have been something unique for 
them. Other recordings she made for Apex were issued on Pathe and Perfect. She 
also made many piano rolls.

Born in England in 1902, came to Canada as a child, played for silent films at 
the Regent Theatre in Montreal when she was 14.

Not bad looking either..
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/500ans/portail_archives_en/rep_chapitre9/chap9_theme4_doc33_page1.html

Here's her entry in the Canadian Music Enyclopedia, which will refer you to an 
article by Jim Kidd in Record Research #76.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001469

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I just got a copy of this great pair of piano solos:
> 
> 5750A Vera Guileroff Sleepy Time Gal 85215 - - Feb 1926
> 5750B Vera Guileroff I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (Just Rolling Along - 
> Just Rolling Along) 85216
> 
> A few questions..
> 
> Where was it recorded?  How prolific a recording artist was she (Rust lists 
> a few and says she was Canadian)?
> 
> Also...this is on the old-style blue label but underneath the artist credit 
> it says "Electrically recorded."  Are there many of these 5700s which are 
> labeled that way?  IS it in fact electric?  I'm not sure...there is a very 
> odd sort of fade-out on the second side near the end.  I don't recall ever 
> seeing one  with those words on the label  and I don't think I have any of 
> the 5700s on Tyrone's list.  Was this issued at the time of the red label 
> Gennetts and if so why the old label style?
> 
> Thanks for any info.  BTW Vera could really play!
> 
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> Taylor
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