[78-L] Near You by Francis Craig

[Sean Miller]

Hey, some of the best stuff out there ain't rare at all, but tuff to find in excellent condish.....well....

Sean


On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:

> Sean,  I think it's an excellent record...who cares if it's rare or 
> whatever?
> 
> I've played it again (my English Brunswick) and it certainly sounds 
> note-for-note like the Bullet issue...but I haven't heard the Decca.  Is it 
> possible that Decca scored the masters from Bullet and just reissued them 
> and then on Dot?
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Near You by Francis Craig
> 
> 
>> No idea, but on the subject of that record, I recently unearthed one on 
>> VINYL that plays like a dream.  It's actually not a bad record at all if 
>> you ask me, but who would?  :-)
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:00 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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