[78-L] Capitol Compact 33s

[Jeff Sultanof]

The Mars sides were first reissued on Verve back in the fifties, and were
reissued on CD by Discovery. Unfortunately, the tapes Discovery used had
deteriorated badly by then. I hope they weren't the actual masters.

Jeff Sultanof

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:45 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Incidentally, Mars was pressed in Canada by Quality so it probably had the
> potential for better distribution up here. Those Columbia pressings in the
> States were no great hell either. All the Mars recordings were reissued on
> LP
> by Discovery in the 80s. I don't know if they've reappeared on CD but I
> wouldn't be surprised.
>
> MGM paired Woody with Billy Eckstine, David Rose (David Rose!? Yeah, David
> Rose), probably other artists on their roster.
>
> dl
>
> Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> > Herman recorded for MGM from 1951-53 when he signed with Capitol. He had
> an
> > interesting contract with MGM; he recorded dance sides and 'commercial'
> > recordings for the label, and recorded more hip material for a label he
> > co-owned with Howie Richmond (the publisher TRO is also Richmond's,
> although
> > he has retired) called Mars. Distribution was non-existent according to
> > Woody, so Mars died a quiet death.
> >
> > Howie is another old line independent music publisher who really should
> > write a book about his life. A fascinating, wonderful man who was an
> honest
> > guy most of the time.
> >
> > Jeff Sultanof
> >
> >
> > Herman also recorded for MGM and I found some of their 45s at the same
> >> shop.I have no idea when he
> >> recorded them but they had to have been sometime in the late '40s.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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