[78-L] DESIGN LP--was: Re: Unexpected ET (was NON-sexy!) LP

[Royal Pemberton]

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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <david.diehl at hensteeth.com>
> >I would guess the 1954 Victor release of the Fats Waller Associated ET
> >material on LPT6001 was probably the first, at least on a major label.
> Obie
> >leased a lot of Standard ET things a year or two later. Decca used World
> >masters in the 1940's but that was a special case.
> > > From: Steven C. Barr Makes sense...! When (about) were 78-like
> > > "transcription tracks" of pop dancemusic first issued?
> >
> What I am/was asking about is a Design LP I owned almost half-a-century
> ago! It was in my "first set of in-laws'" LP accumulation...I used to play
> it on
> every visit, and they fanally GAVE me the dommed thing! Of course, it has
> now long since been stolen...I have had ALL my LP's stolen at least
> twice...
> and most recently (early 1997) had all my LP's sold off for c. $100 (this
> was about 400 albums, inclusing a LOT of blues rarities and many UK
> 78-reissue LP's as well!).
>
> Fortunately, I still owned the Design LP after I started collecting
> 78's...and
> was able to compare its musical content to ARC 78's I had acquired. The
> LP tracks were audibly NOT the ARC 78 sides...though they seemed to
> use the same arrangements! These were pop "dance tunes" from c. 1934...
> a "sub-category" of recorded music which I still enjoy listening to...!
>
> Now...does there exist on the Internet a database listing these old Design
> LP's? This is an album I would very much enjoy RE-acquiring...!!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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