[78-L] "Celery Stalks At Midnight"

[Burlinson Nigel]

"Celery Stalks at Midnight"

Will Bradley CO.25688 recorded New York January 17, 1940
issued on #35707  September 20, 1940
and re-issued on 36958 on March 10 1947 in 78 album C.123

Les Brown/Doris Day CO 29648 recorded New York February 6 1941
and issued on #OK.6098

Nigel Burlinson

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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 19:21:42 +0000
> From: agp <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Celery Stalks at Midnight
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> At 19:17 04/05/2010, RB wrote:
>>Given the matrix numbers (found via Tyrone's site) I'd say this was an
>>original issue.  I have seen some reissues of earlier material that also 
>>had
>>A JAZZ MASTERWORK on their labels too.
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> Just for funsies -- mx. CO25688 with the b side being Down the Road a
> Piece -- thankfully credited to the Will Bradley Trio listing only
> the folk on drums, bass and piano, apart from vocal by Ray McKinley
> and Will Bradley. mx there is CO27872
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> Hmm -- I can see it now -- "artist credit continued on other side...."
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> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 16:04:31 -0400
> From: Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>
> Subject: [78-L]  Celery Stalks at Midnight
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> T says: ?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).
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> 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!)
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> 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??
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> The Will Bradley/Ray McKinley version was and is the definitive
> version, with ?vocal? (in quotation marks) by McKinley. 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.
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