[78-L] Celery Stalks at Midnight

[Royal Pemberton]

I think the practice of listing the musicians' names on the labels began
with the rise of swing....in the mid-1930s.  Most likely the first records
to do so were the Victor Swing Classic releases.  It seems to have reached
its peak between c. 1939 and the recording ban.  You don't see the names
listed nearly as much afterward, generally it's limited to smaller groups on
post-ban releases.  (Later pressings of earlier releases where the original
label copy printing plates are still in use will still have the names listed
on them.)

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:41 PM, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Was digging through the stuiff thats in constant always being played
> rotation around here in Bear's Paw Ontario, and popped one of my all
> time faves on the turntable -- Celery Stalks at Midnight. The version
> I have is on Columbia 35707 by Will Bradley and his Orchestra -- and
> a listed cast of thousands (or so it seems).
>
> Two questions -- First -- is there a definative version of this track
> done by some else -- in other words, did some one esle record the
> best known version of this track with Will Bradley's being a cover
> (oh no! not that debate again!)
>
> Also -- whats with listing the entire orchestra on the label! Geez --
> do the eyes start go at 52 or what! -- is that 14 names in little bitty
> print?
>
> T
>
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