[78-L] Hear My Prayer

[David Lennick]

Here's the info on the two recordings:

HEAR MY PRAYER; O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (Mendelssohn)
     THE CHOIR OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH, LONDON, soloist Master E. Lough
     HMV C 1329, Victor 35856, mx CR 1020-3, 1021-3A; 5th April 1927 (7:58)

HEAR MY PRAYER; O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (Mendelssohn)
     THE CHOIR OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH, LONDON, soloist Master E. Lough
     HMV C 1329, mx CR 1020-6A, 1021-8A; 30th March 1928 (7:42)

The first version is on every Victor pressing I've ever seen.

DL

> 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.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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