[78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label

[Thomas Stern]

Does anyone have information about the RITA label?
The only issue I've seen is the Weavers disc - I've always assumed it was
a re-issue of the Hootenannny issue.
I've also seen a PHONOGRAPH RECORD label, also assumed these were reissues
of people's songs material (Charter or Hootenanny, don't remember which at the moment).
Anyone know who was behind these labels, and why they were used rather
than Hootenanny or Charter labels??
Thanks!
Best wishes, Thomas.

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Cary Ginell
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label



Right around that same time, Texas Jim Lewis led a band called the Lone Star Cowboy in a session held for Decca on August 15,
1941. One of the songs was called "Hootin' Nannie Annie," which featured a contraption (kind of like what Spike Jones used in his
band) that he called a "hootin' nanny," consisting of washboards, automobile horns, cowbells, fire bells, sirens, guns, etc. This
song was issued on Decca DE-6001. This probably predates Seeger's estimation of the song's origins, so it probably goes back even
further. Somewhere there was research done on the term but I can't put my finger on it and I'm heading out the door in a couple of
minutes.

Cary Ginell

> From: soundthink at live.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 17:29:11 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label
>
>
> Even earlier than that. In his book "The Incompleat Folksinger," Seeger dates it back to the fall of 1941, when he and other
itinerant folk singers were sharing a cooperative apartment known as Almanac House.
>
> "We got bookings on the subway circuit: five dollars here and ten dollars there. By working hard we just managed to keep body
and soul together. On Sunday afternoons we'd hold open house. Thirty-five cents was charged at the door and we and friends would
sing all afternoon. We called 'em 'Hootenannies.'"
>
> Which is really interesting, because that means the word "hootenanny" is a synonym for a simple old-fashioned house rent party.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> > Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 17:23:00 -0500
> > From: bmcclung78 at gmail.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label
> >
> > I went on line and found Mr. Ginell's liner notes on a Naxos Pete Seeger
> > cd.  Looks like this was the Weaver's first record and dates from 1949, a
> > year before their Decca contract began.   One thing I find interesting is
> > the use of the term Hootenanny which I always assumed came along a decade
> > later.
> >
> > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm in NYC this week and had a chance to stop by Howard Fischer's record
> > > shop.  One of the records I found there was by the Weavers (Ronnie Gilbert,
> > > Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Peter Seeger) on the People's Artists
> > > Hootenanny label.
> > >
> > > H-101-A   The Hammer Song
> > > H-101-B   Banks of Marble
> > >
> > > Anyone have the date of this and were there other records on this label?
> > > thanks
> > >
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