[78-L] Mystery Recording Help..

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Thu Nov 12 19:37:32 PST 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net>
> To give a little more info on this, I quote Geoffrey Wheeler's book - 
> "Beginning on Saturday, May 21, 1938 and extending over a period of five 
> weeks, Morton sat at the piano in the Coolidge Library Auditorium at the 
> Library of Congress and recorded ninety 12-inch sides that Circle Records 
> issued 10 years later on 45 discs titled The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord."
>
IIRC, Circle also issued them on 78's as a set. not too long after their 
recording...?!

Steven C. Barr 




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