[78-L] Gennett Records

[David Lennick]

I remember Al mentioning this..as well as that he'd used what he thought was a 
blank cassette and then wondered where the Buddy Bolden transfer had gone.

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> 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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