[78-L] Near You by Francis Craig

[Michael Biel]

To answer the original question about how a record from a small American 
label ends up on British Brunswick and did it happen often, while the 
answer might be that it is the later American Decca recording (Taylor 
didn't supply us with matrix numbers or the record number--why don't 
people include discographic info automatically?)  American masters 
appeared on British labels all the time, even Grey Gull.  If it is the 
Bullet masters on the Brunswick, remember that this was a BIG HIT!!!!!   
In Australia I found a pressing on an Australian label of the Damon 
record "The All Recorded to Beat the Ban"/"My Happiness" by Jon and 
Sondra Steele.  (The latter was the song Elvis recorded on a lacquer at 
Sun Studios supposedly as a gift to his mother.)

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 

Sean Miller wrote:
> And now that dl's reply showed first, I can say that mine is a Dot repress on DJ vinyl.  Just checked it.  
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Sean Miller wrote:
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>   
>> 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:
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>>     
>>> 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
>>>