[78-L] Celery Stalks at Midnight

[Michael Biel]

From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net> 
> The practice of listing personnel on record labels began in the U.S.
> with UHCA, then adopted by Victor for its “Swing Classics” imprint,
> then adopted by Columbia for certain of its releases, perhaps thanks
> to John Hammond.

Billy Crystal credits his Uncle Milt for being the first to put full
credits on the labels, but Billy was pointing to a red label Commodore
at the time.  But it does make more sense to credit Milt Gabler's
practice to his earlier UHCA releases.  But as far as crediting John
Hammond for bringing the practice to Columbia, you might need to check
what the earliest ones are because George Avakian is on a jihad to
correct production credits on the albums he did but Hammond took credit
for.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com