[78-L] Baldwin -Val Ernie

[Taylor Bowie]

Many thanks,  Han.  I have 496/497 which are back-to-back.  I wonder what 
the other side of  495 might be?

It was interesting to Google both Alfred Feltman and Val Ernie.   The record 
sounds to be from around 1936-37 and the band has a good sort of "hotel" 
sound,  with some Hawaiian guitar and some odd glug-glugging on a baritone 
sax,  which reminded me of  a cartoon soundtrack of some underwater 
adventure.

Each side has a spoken announcement at the end,  noting that you've just 
heard whichever song it was composed by Alfred Feltman.  No mention of the 
band.  I am sure these Feltman sides were private issues which he 
commissioned.  They must have been recorded in Florida as well,  but who 
knows where.

The #585 Han listed by a Haitian group...one would assume that was a Florida 
recording as well.  I'd love to learn more about the label and what else is 
on it.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:51 AM
Subject: [78-L] Baldwin -Val Ernie


> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Someone posted a few weeks ago that they had several of those 30s Baldwin
>> labels.  Could that person repost their list or send it to me off line?
>>
>> Thanks from
>>
>> Taylor
> ---
> I have label images of one side of 3 Val Ernie issues (495-497) and will 
> mail these.
>
> Here are some fragments from the discussion:
>
> The 2nd Baldwin label (from Starr ) is still extremely rare. It remains a 
> label I had never found before.
> The 2 images in ARLIE show:
> B-496 - Guess (comp Alfred Feltman) by Val Ernie. Poss. this tune can be 
> dated?
> B-585 - St. Juste Zamor & Haitian Group: Ti Fi M'Pale.... (mx 1008).
> Mal, can you date this release?
> Han Enderman
> ---
> I have three Baldwin labels in my label collection (mostly gleaned from
> ePay over the years: B-495, B-497 & B-505). The first two are by Val
> Ernie and 505 is by Helen Cavanaugh. All three have double eccentric
> rings after the runout, closest to the labels. I don't think Gennett
> ever used double eccentrics, but I'm not sure. Then again they could
> have been recorded and mastered by one company and pressed by Gennett.
> I dunno.
> Mal
> ---
> There was for sure a Val Ernie Orchestra in Florida from around 1930 into 
> at
> least the late 40s.
> The composer of the song on the label wrote other songs,  one published at
> least as far back as 1907,  and was associated with a famous family of 
> Coney
> Island developers and restaurant owners.
> ---
> Han Enderman
> ===
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