[78-L] Music Survey Recording

[Michael Biel]

From: david.diehl at hensteeth.com
> There's a review in Billboard Jun 15, 1946 page 33. Apparently
> there was a survey sent to DJ's along with the disc.  DJD

Since Bill McClurg actually has the record, perhaps he can tell us
whether it is a good record!  Was it a worthy example to do a survey on?
 The Billboard review only says that "That's My Home" is
"sympathetically sung" and that "Monkey Monkey "is a dilly ditty that
may catch".  

Actually the review on this page that did catch my eye is the one right
next to it for Bob Crosby record on the short-lived ARA label, 137,
Cement Mixer/Where Did You Learn To Love?  Considering the question
Julian asked yesterday about whether critics commented on bad sound
quality of records, here is a great example!  "Coupling Gordon Polk's
vocal fling as Slim Gaillard's nutty novelty, 'Cement Mixer,' with the
maestro's lullabying on the flipover, disk may have much merit.  It's
hard telling, tho, because faulty reproduction hides it from the needle.
 If you can't hear it, better pass it up."

How's THAT for a lousy review of sound quality!!!!  There's another one
later in the column about Raymond Scott's Sonora 3008, "Mr. Basie Goes
to Washington".  "However, one fault noted is failure of mike to bring
in Johnny Guarnieri's piano filigree properly.  More attention from the
sound engineer would have made this side great."  Pickey pickey pickey.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill McClung [mailto:bmcclung78 at gmail.com]

I bought a 78 today that is new to me but probably not to some of you.,
The label says "This is a Music Survey Recording" "National survey of
this song expires June 30, '46" Around the edge it reads "This record is
the property of the broadcast station to which it is sent. For survey
purposes, to be used by record commentators only. Not to be sold
commercially." side 1A That's My Home vocal by Stuart Wade Vic Schoen
and his Orchestra Leeds Music Corp. Publishers, side 1B Monkey, Monkey
vocal by The Town Criers Jerry Feldman and his Orchestra
Shapiro-Bernstein Inc. Publishers, What is this and how did it work?