[78-L] Hear My Prayer

[David Lennick]

DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> From: Michael Shoshani <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
> 
> *That* doesn't surprise me; if I recall correctly, that record sold so
> many pressings that everything wore out. I'm sure it was dubbed fairly
> quickly, perhaps more than once.  But general issues wouldn't have been
> subjected to that; they wouldn't have sold in such high numbers.
> 
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> 
> No, they went one better.  In my original posting I mentioned "both versions".  The original recording, (from, I think, March 1927), was unexpectedly very successful and they did wear out all the stampers; so they brought everybody back to the Temple Church in, (once again, I think), November 1927 to re-record it, this time prepared for a larger production.
> 
> db

But the original version remained in print on Victor. I have never seen a North 
American issue of the remake.

dl