[78-L] 'On Mobile Bay'

[David Lennick]

Jeff Lichtman wrote:
>> John,
>>     Sorry I can't help you.  If it was an electric Harmony it would 
>> have to be 1930 or later as all the Columbia discount labels were 
>> acoustic until 1930.  If I do run across such a record I'll 
>> certainly let you know.   I'd like to hear it myself.    Jack
> 
> There were some electric dime-store label Columbias before 1930. For 
> example, all of Annette Hanshaw's Harmonys, Velvet Tones and Divas 
> were electric, even though they didn't have the "W" in a circle 
> pressed into the shellac. I don't know whether Columbia was getting 
> away with something here, as they were supposed to pay a royalty fee 
> to Western Electric for every record made using their system.
> 
> 

Correct..Rudy Vallee's were also electrical..Kate Smith's as well, no? I think 
they were getting away with it, since the labels were probably known to be "all 
acoustical all the time". And wasn't Annette shoved onto Harmony because of 
bullying by Moe The Gimp?

dl