[78-L] Gracie Fields puzzlement

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Sep 16 09:29:52 PDT 2010


Sorry about that..Regal Zonophone MR 3001, not 3991 (slippery finger syndrome).

On 9/16/2010 12:27 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Gracie recorded "The Biggest Aspidastra in the World" (I know that's the
> incorrect spelling, but it's on every issue so deal with it) twice for Regal
> Zonophone. 0GF-4-1 with Harry Parr-Davies, piano&  orchestra, November 10/38,
> supposedly rejected but actually issued on Canadian Victor 120927, and 0GF-18-1
> with orchestra conducted by George Scott-Wood, November 18/38, and per Rust,
> issued on Regal-Zonophone MR 3991, Canadian Victor 120927 (no it wasn't) and
> Liberty Music Shop L-334. The LMS issue sounds the same as the Canadian Victor
> issue and credits Parr-Davies as pianist on the label, but it's a dub and not a
> very good one (P-30801). Does anyone know what was actually issued where?
>
> dl
>



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