[78-L] British Jazz Albums of 1936

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> I think, sold for scrap and melted down, more or less the same fate as
>> befell the Paramount matrices.
>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Steven C. Barr 
>> <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:
>>> 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
> Gennett was still in business in 1936.  They were still active in sound
> effects records, were involved in the election campaign, and were making
> deals with Decca, and later Joe Davis, and eventually some others
> because they had a schellac allotment during the war.
>
Okeh...that much I KNEW! However, they must have owned "metal
parts" for their many noted recordings (i.e. "Zulus Ball")...so what
happened to those...?! The re-issues, insofar as they have existed,
all seem to be dubs...presumably from existing Gennett 78's...?!

Steven C. Barr