[78-L] Gennett Records

[simmonssomer]

I'm not surprised. These things surface in the most surprising ways.
About a year ago I was visiting a friend in Oak Park, Michigan.
He knew I was a collector and showed me two one-sided, home made discs with
hand written labels.
They said Broadcast..Greystone Ballroom WJR ..Jean Goldkette  Jan. 28, 1927.
The tunes are..."Idolizing" ,"Proud of a Baby Like You"
He still has them but allowed me to make tape copies.
Those cassettes are around here somewhere.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey Wheeler" <dialjazz at verizon.net>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:41 AM
Subject: [78-L] Gennett Records



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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