[78-L] Joel Shaw request

[David Lennick]

Amazing. The Kardos version on Victor is essentially an instrumental, with only 
the "Sweeeeet Violets" chorus sung at the end of each verse, no other vocals. 
The Bob Dickson on Victor is totally weird, since the lyrics are cleaned up and 
then expurgated anyway, with implied rhymes that make no sense. And the Joel 
Shaw on Crown was juuuuuuust right.

dl wrote:
> 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
>>
>>