[78-L] Baldwin -Val Ernie

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

>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
These would be the fairly well documented sides done by Sidney Bechet & Willie "The Lion" Smith I presume. I have the two sides reissued on Varsity, probably New York recordings.
DJD
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From: Taylor Bowie [mailto:bowiebks at isomedia.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 02:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Baldwin -Val Ernie

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" To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:51 AMSubject: [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> ===> _______________________________________________> 78-L mailing list> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l> _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l