[78-L] Gennett Records
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 25 07:49:46 PST 2010
And it's not even April 1!
dl
Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> Some years ago when I was rummaging around in my basement, I came
> across a shipping carton of Gennett records I had totally forgotten
> about. I opened the carton and took out the stock. It was all Gennett
> 5275: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band doing “Zulus Ball” and “Working
> Man’s Blues.” I counted 24 records. Since record companies typically
> shipped 25 to a carton, I was obviously missing one. I called upstairs
> to my wife, asking if she knew anything about the missing record, but
> she said “No.” I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know what happened to
> that copy. I’m thinking about putting the whole lot on E-basy. I
> suspect Gennett may have thought this record was gong to be a smash
> hit. I have a test pressing for a sequel called “Zulus Other Ball.”
> Geoffrey Wheeler
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