[78-L] Lee Wiley/Liberty Music Shop

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> Back to Lee. The Gala album has a maroon spine and says "Rodgers and Hart - Lee 
>> Wiley - Gala Album". No number. Inside liner has notes by Ernie Anderson and 
>> photos of Mr. Kaminsky, Mr. Bushkin, Miss Wiley and Mr. Freeman, in dark blue 
>> print on white background. 
> 
> The Music Box also has a small photo in the upper left of the two
> drummers Shapiro and Wettling.  The notes are also dated February 1940
> after Ernie's name.  Is it this way on the Gala?

(Ya mean I gotta go down the hall and get that album out AGAIN?)

No photo of Shapiro and Wettling, no date.. --ERNIE ANDERSON on its own line, 
off to the right, below the liner notes. Funny thing though, the notes still 
refer to the inset!
> 
>> The cover is that hideous underwater thing that Ted Ono also used
>> on Devil's Music DM 6003 except that on Ted's, the print is black 
>> and sepia and on Gala, bluish monochrome. Same cover as on
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B00009QGDZ/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1
>> but I can't read the red letters under the pianist's right hand 
>> on what may be the Rabson's Music Box album.  dl
> 
> Are you saying that the Gala cover has blue print and does not have the
> lettering under the pianist's hand at the lower right corner?  That
> would mean the cover on Amazon would be a later Music Box printing.

Blue print inside, red LETTering on the fronT COVER. And no lettering under the 
pianist's hand lower right. The performers are all dark blue, the background is 
kinda cream and grey.

> Looking an an enlargement of my photo, the lettering says
> Devries-Peterson in a lettering style that indicates the cover designer
> was either high on LSD or attempting an early example of the captcha.  
> 
> To reply, reproduce the next two words   mIKe bIeL  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 

Yep, pretty awful.

dl