[78-L] Lincoln Records

Malcolm Rockwell malcolm at 78data.com
Tue Mar 23 11:27:25 PDT 2010


I agree. Since some Hawaiian music, even if it was only one or two 
tunes, was recorded on many of the more obscure labels I have lots of 
them in my collection. Finding the labels is almost as much fun as the 
music!
Mal

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Cary Ginell wrote:
> The only one I have is 2666, The Cowboy's Dream/Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie by Vernon Dalhart. If it wasn't for Dalhart, there are a lot of rare labels I would never see.
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> Cary Ginell
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>> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:07:02 +0000
>> From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lincoln Records
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>> I have found only several Lincoln Label records in all the years I have been collecting. Of course if you are seeking out and searching for specific labels because you want to fill the gaps in the recording output of a specific recording artist you are collecting, you of course are going to have better luck finding them, then someone who comes across them simply by chance. 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "jack palmer" <jackpalmer1 at att.net> 
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:15:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lincoln Records 
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>> I'M with you MAL. Dalhart apeared on several of them and I have almost every one he appeared on. Jack 
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>> From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> 
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
>> Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 5:10:57 PM 
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lincoln Records 
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>> Interesting. I've got at least a dozen Lincolns - all Hawaiian and 
>> mostly Frank Ferera, that very prolific Hawaiian steel guitarist. He was 
>> Portuguese and was born on Oahu - we have a large Portuguese community 
>> here in Hawaii - on June 12, 1885. He lived and recorded in NYC, of course. 
>> In any case I was surprised to find that they are somewhat obscure, 
>> mostly because I'm used to 'em! 
>> Mal 
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>> Michael Biel wrote: 
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>>> David Lennick wrote: 
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>>>> Linked with Cameo, wasn't it? 
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>>> Yes. Not anywhere near as common as Cameo -- I've wondered what its 
>>> distribution was. I don't think there's anything unique on it. 
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>>>> Not to be confused with the Lincoln label of the 
>>>> late 40s, an Enoch Light enterprise that produced kids records (good ones, I 
>>>> thought at the time, being an opinionated 5-year-old). 
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>>>> dl 
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>>> Didn't realize Enoch was involved. Their one-disc condensation of HMS 
>>> Pinafore was one of my favorites when I was 5, and I can still remember 
>>> all of it now that I am more than 5. Very thin pressings and nicely 
>>> designed labels. 
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>>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
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>>>> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote: 
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>>>>> Ever heard of this label? As you might guess, Mr. Lincoln's image 
>>>>> figures prominently in the logo at the top of the label. 
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>>>>> It's a new one for me. 
>>>>>
>>>>> joe salerno 
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