[78-L] Capitol Compact 33s

[Howard Hoffmaster]

I loved the Mars band and arrangements, and Sonny Igoe on drums. Always 
sorry more were not made. Had no trouble finding them in White Plains, N.Y.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Capitol Compact 33s


> 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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