[78-L] Hum-dinger

[Royal Pemberton]

Here's what it is:

BVE.21477-12  'Silent night'--Trinity Choir
BVE.33469-7  'O holy night'--Lucy Isabelle Marsh

Both recorded 28 October 1925.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> I don't know that record,  Royal...maybe the choir forgot the words and
> were
> just humming along with Lucy?
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Irving Aaronson on Vocalion
>
>
> >I haven't heard any of these, but is the hum anywhere near as bad as it is
> > on Victor 45519 (Trinity Choir, Lucy Marsh)?
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think there was a hotter or more punchy white dance band
> >> recording
> >> in 1933 than that of Irving Aaronson on Vocalion.  I've had a numner of
> >> questions running around in my head about the group,  and those 1933
> >> records
> >> in particular.
> >>
> >> 1.  Rumor and some authorities have always said that it's Gene Krupa on
> >> the
> >> drums on these 1933 Aaronsons.  I've listened to them for years and
> agree
> >> that it is he.  Is this still the general consensus about these sides?
> >>
> >> 2.  Any idea who was writing the arrangements?  They are sure unlike
> >> other
> >> records of the same tunes...radically different and way hotter in almost
> >> every case,  even on he slower tempo numbers.    No stocks here.
> >>
> >> 3.Did  pianist Horace Diaz come directly to Aaronson from the Julie
> Wintz
> >> band?  Perhaps he was writing some of these great charts...his piano
> work
> >> on
> >> these (ensemble and solo) is flat out fabulous.  He did do arrangements
> >> later on for Charlie Barnet,  and both arranged and played  second piano
> >> for
> >> Eddie Duchin (Diaz playing second to Duchin is as painful a musical
> irony
> >> as
> >> I can imagine).
> >>
> >> 4.  A couple of the disks have a ghastly power hum in the
> >> recording...about
> >> the worst I've heard.  This seemed to have happend frequently with
> >> Vocalions
> >> of the era.  Why did this happen,  and did it show up on equipment at
> the
> >> time?
> >>
> >> 5.  Although Rust lists Ernie Mathias as vocal on  "That's How Rhythm
> Was
> >> Born" it is not he,  and the label credits the vocal to Harmon Nelson.
> >> Movie trivia phreaks will recognize him as the band-leading first
> husband
> >> of
> >> Bette Davis.  Is Harmon Nelson credited on any other records of the era?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,  as always.
> >>
> >>
> >> Taylor
> >>
> >>
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