[78-L] First vocal recording of Temptation Rag

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Birgit Lotz Verlag" <Birgit-Lotz-Verlag at gmx.de>
> Is there any way to find out when Columbia A826, Arthur Collins "Temptaion 
> Rag" (mx) was released?
>
The "Abrams File" (COLA.TXT btw) gives the matrix for the Collins side as 
4396=2. It cites the
other side of A826 (by Elida Morris, whomever she was?) as  matrix 4394=1, 
having been recorded
on 3/28/1910 (March 28). Given the fact that the two matrices are only 
separated by two...the
Collins side may have been cut the same day (or a day or two later?); this 
in turn would
seem to suggest that the Collins side was cut sometime between March 28 and 
April 1, 1910?!

Steven C. Barr