[78-L] British Jazz Albums of 1936

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> Interesting! The 90xxx m#'s are Decca numbers, from their Chicago
>> series, from mid-1936 per my DG...!
> Good catch!!  In his book -- but not in the posting -- Geoffrey notes
> that these two British Brunswick albums were produced from dubbed
> Gennett masters supplied by Jack Kapp of U.S. Decca.  So it seems the
> dubs were made in Chicago!  This might partially answer the question
> that he asks in "Jazz By Mail" while thinking the dubs were made in 
> England:
> "Jack Kapp of American Decca supplied the Gennett shellac discs from
> which these Brunswick records were re-recorded in England.  What has
> confused collectors over the years is why the original Gennett masters
> or stampers, if they were available and in usable condition, weren't
> used.  The answer might be that none or not enough of the original
> masters had survived and that the pressing machines of 1936 could not
> accommodate stampers made in the mid-20s."
>
Gennett was long since defunct by 1936; I have no idea whether any of
their "metal parts" would have even existed by then? In fact, what became
of Gennett's original metals after the firm ended?

Steven C. Barr