[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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