[78-L] Near You by Francis Craig

[David Lennick]

It MIGHT be because Compo pressed Bullet Records in Canada and might have had an overseas connection, but it isn't. Craig rerecorded "Near You" for Decca in the early 50s. I think this performance is a bit faster, but that's just from memory.

 

For a great sounding copy of the Bullet disc, find the re-pressing on Dot which is from the original parts.

 

dl


 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:00:08 -0700
> Subject: [78-L] Near You by Francis Craig
> 
> I recently purchased a copy of Francis Craig and his Orchestra playing Near 
> You b/w Red Rose.
> 
> Big friggin' deal, right...we've all seen about 82 zillion copies of the 78 
> rpm issue on Bullet, right?
> 
> But this one is on....English Brunswick. And it doesn't sound like any kind 
> of a dub, either. And it plays way better than any of the many copies of 
> the American issue which I've shuffled through over the years.
> 
> Can anyone explain how an American record from a small company would end up 
> on a major English label like that? Maybe it happened more often than I'm 
> aware of, but it seemed pretty odd to me.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks from
> 
> Taylor
> 
>