[78-L] Jules Bledsoe [was Roland Hayes]

[David Lennick]

For those who tuned in late, let's list these and see what else is out there. I 
have:

ROYALE 1703: JULES BLEDSOE, baritone with orchestra, recorded in Europe
DEEP RIVER (mx 75166, no pre- or suf-fix)
GO DOWN MOSES (mx P75168-1)
	(nice store stock copy, too, from Rich Conaty)

MUSIC APPRECIATION RECORDS unnumbered: BARITONE SOLO
THAT'S WHY DARKIES WERE BORN (mx DF 36)
OL' MAN RIVER (mx DF 37)

Rust lists as "New York, c. late 1939-early 1940":

POOR MO'NAH	JD 8001
GO DOWN MOSES	JD 8001, Royale 1703
DEEP RIVER	JD 8002, Royale 1703
WAKE UP JACOB	JD 8002

No matrix numbers shown in Rust. Ultraphon makes sense, since Django's first 
Ultraphonies are December 1934 beginning at P77161.

dl

david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> The mx. numbers appear to be Ultraphon recordings made in Paris around 1933 but not listed in Rust. I don't have the master numbers for Royale 1702: Does He Love you/ Du Bist die Ruh. 
> The Joe Davis set is from the Royales, not 1939. I have that Ol Man River- seems like it's on World's Greatest something-or-other with a false mx. number.
> DJD
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> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 06:27 PM
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> 
> I have a Jules Bledsoe disc that was issued anonymously on one of Oberstein's labels: Ol' Man River & That's Why Darkies Were Born. Hmm..wonder if it was pirated from English Decca, where he recorded those two songs in 1931? I also have the Royale issue of Go Down Moses & Deep River, but not the Joe Davis issue of the other sides recorded around this time (Rust says "New York, c. late 1939-early 1940) but the Royale label says "recorded in Europe").Obviously not from the acoustic era, but can anyone shed light on these sides anyway?dlBirgit Lotz Verlag wrote:> Hi Thomas,> We are busy working on a GIGANTIC re-issue set of all recordings made by > people of African descent in Europe during the acoustic era. This would > include all six titles Hayes cut for the Aeolian Vocalion company in > Britain. We are in need of label scans of all six sides, also of the > four sides which had been released in the US (Vocalion, Supertone). We > also need to locate copies in E+ condition f
or 
>  digital transfers. Can > anybody help, please?>