[78-L] Joel Shaw request

[David Lennick]

Okay, gang..I have mp3 files of the Shaw and the two issued Victors, so I'm 
covered (all over from head to foot, covered all over in Shaw).

dl

Julian Vein wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Where can I find Joel Shaw or Gene Kardos or "Bob Dickson" doing "Sweet 
>> Violets"? Aside from the 531 Google links, that is. A few mp3s gladly accepted, 
>> since one of them might work (RealPlayer is just fine here but WMP just lies 
>> there).
>>
>> I presume it's the same band on Victor (as Kardos) and Crown/Varsity (as Shaw, 
>> reissued as Dick Robertson). Does the second Kardos-Robertson recording have 
>> more of the naughty lyrics?
>>
>> dl
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> This is the "Sweet Violets" saga:
> 
> October 23, 1931		
> Gene Kardos And His Orchestra
> 		
> 70905-1	Sweet Violets	Unissued test pressing exists
> 
> 70905-2	Sweet Violets	Unissued
> 
> November 13, 1931		
> Gene Kardos And His Orchestra
> Add Gene Kardos-v
> 		
> 70905-3	Sweet Violets 	Vic 22863.
> CD: The Old Masters MB121/121A
> 
> 70905-4	Sweet Violets	???
> 
> December 18, 1931		
> Dick Robertson with accordion & tuba or brass bass-1 or Orchestra
> 		
> 70989-1?	Sweet Violets - 1	Vic 23633, BB B-6421 (Bob Dickson—both issues)
> 
> January 12, 1932		
> Joel Shaw And His Orchestra
> 		
> 1630-3,5	Sweet Violets	Crown 3271, Var 8034.
> LP: The Old Masters 52.
> CD: Alpha Music CD594, The Old Masters MB127 (-5)
> 
> The Crown version is the naughty one. Vic 23633 is a small group, tame,
> version. That's not to say some of the unissued Victors weren't too. The 
> TOM LP transfer is superior to the CD, although the latter is taken from 
> a better copy.
> 
>       Julian Vein
> 
>