[78-L] Foreign Gennett (was: Music Hall on Gennett)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Actually I believe Gennett had a trade agreement with British Vocalion, 
whose master sources sent to the US were varied within the British 
recording industry. There are many notes in the main Gennett ledgers 
stating "Mother to Vocalion". I'll bet the British masters that appeared 
on Gennett, et al, were part of that trade.
That being said, there were a number of matrix series that existed 
outside either the "standard" Richmond and/or New York runs, beginning 
around 1921. Those I've located include mxes 000 - 999, 1100 - 1999, 
2000 -7999, 85000 - 85299, and the 100 X - 1800 X series. There are many 
holes in all these series, though; very few are sequential for any run 
of numbers.
Gennett masters, and one Gennett 9000 "foreign" issue series, show up in 
Europe as well. Oddly enough there seems to have been no Gennett 
distribution of any kind in Germany. On various local labels in 
Scandinavia, Britain and France, yes, but not Germany.
Malcolm

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On 6/4/2010 6:15 PM, David Lennick wrote:
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>> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 23:53:12 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Music Hall on Gennett
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>> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>>> About the last thing I'd expect to find on Gennett is English Music Hall,
>>> but I've just come across two Albert Whelan sides: Preacher And the Bear
>>> b/w All Aboard For Glory. Originally from Edison Bell Winner 3043,
>>> recorded 1916 (his only session between 1913 and 1922, oddly enough). I
>>> wonder how many other oddities turn up on Gennett? I've seen straight pop,
>>> instrumental solos and light classical and band selections, so I guess
>>> they tried to be as wide ranging as possible..and then were remembered
>>> only for jazz (and sound effects).
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>> Gennett issued a number of British sides...not only EBW but others I have
>> never tried to trace! It goes without saying that the folks in Richmond had
>> NO idea what might sell here in North America; who decided what was
>> issued I wot not?! However, the music hall sides probably sold well in
>> their "homeland," and Gennett may have assumed they would enjoy the
>> same success in North America...?!
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>> Berliner(C) was doing the same thing with their 120xxx series of UK
>> sides; Billy Williams certainly sold quite well in Canada?!
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>> Steven C. Barr
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> I also turn up Apex pressings from English masters, music hall and military band stuff mostly. There's also that curious "Toronto Jig" by Olly Oakley on Gennett, which as far as I know has nothing to do with a certain Canadian city.
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