[78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label

[David Lennick]

ARLD lists Rita as being part of B&B Productions, Perth Amboy, NJ, issuing pop, folk, c&w and gospel. 101 was issued November 1952. If The Weavers is 101 (same number as on Hootenanny) it could be a reissue. Hootenanny was part of People's Artists Inc., New York, 1950.

 

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> From: sternth at attglobal.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 21:27:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label
> 
> 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.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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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
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> 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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