[78-L] Columbia 415 questions.

[David Lennick]

Having said that, I now look back a couple of numbers and find that one take of 
Columbia 409 (Home Sweet Home) is tentatively identified, from the spoken 
announcement, as "Mr. Marshall" so you may be right about that name.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
>> The Columbia Master Book lists Harry Macdonough and doesn't list takes.
>> Columbia and Climax 7-inch and 10-inch. Only the 7-inch Climax is indicated
>> as
>> "self-announced" but there's so much missing info on early Columbias, every
>> time I cite a reference from this book someone comes up with 3 more
>> unlisted
>> versions.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>> I have this on a 7" disc (silver ring label, 415-1 handwritten in wax
>> near
>>> the spindle hole), 'The new born king'....from what I can make out of the
>>> lyrics in spots, it is a Christmas song.
>>>
>>> Wild guesstimation:  recorded circa November 1901?
>>>
>>> Also typical for the era, 'tenor solo' on the label with no artiste
>> credit.
>>> Can someone give me the correct name of the singer?  It's hard to hear,
>> it
>>> sounds like 'Mister Marshes' but I'm not sure.  I also wonder if anyone
>> else
>>> recorded the same selection on other matrices, such as J W Myers, and/or
>> if
>>> 'Marshes' also recorded the 10" opposite number that surely must exist
>>> somewhere?
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