[78-L] Close the door, Richard

[David Lennick]

Different series, no doubt..most Signatures are in the 15000 series.

Open the door Richard
[B14410.10-7] Walter  Brown
Walter Brown (vcl) acc. by Tiny Grimes (g) and his sextet
prob. New York, 1947
SRC354    Open the door, Richard    Signature 1006
SCR355    My second best woman             -
SRC356    I'm living for you              1008
SRC357    Let's get some understanding             -
Note: All above titles also on Classics  (F)5010 [CD] titled "Walter Brown, 
1945-1947"; rest of CD not included.

Ruppli in the Decca Books says "1946?" but is very vague on most Signature dates.

dl

Stephen Davies wrote:
> [source: http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/jantojun_1947.html ]
> 
> At "The way we were" pages, an entry for 1947-march says:
> <<<
> Most radio stations ban Walter Brown & Tiny Grimes recording of "Open The Door Richard" on Signature. The label then voluntarily withdraws it from sale.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Signature 1006 seems like a low number in the series.  Was this issue a rookie mistake for the label, judged to be in poor taste by the public?
> 
> I lovely the ongoing contradictory purposes of records in this era, whereby the Signature label clearly says it is for "non commercial uses on phonographs in homes".  But radio stations were playing it anyway.
> 
> Would there have been a censorship problem sending a disc like this thru the mail?
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vvKLopleA  courtesy of geofbrit59.
> - Stephen D in Calgary
>