[78-L] Matrix MR-443-2 Pee Wee Hunt 'Basin Street Blues'

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

>I should have received danger pay for having to listen to this crap.
It's a pity because some of the Mirror sides are pretty decent. Matty Matlock did the arrangements, Hunt has an engaging novelty voice and the band seems to be having a good time. Pee Wee redid the same material (I have it on Tops but I'm not sure of the source) later on with indifferent results.
DJD

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-----Original Message-----
From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:53 AM
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You may or may not get a kick out of the track list I sent Living Era after suffering through far too many f****ng awful Pew Wee Hunt records. I should have received danger pay for having to listen to this crap.MUSIC TO HATE PHONY DIXIELAND BY Pee Wee Hunt Capitols to replace (all from 45s) 3. Wabash Blues, 1948 (2:33) YES there is a horrible edit at the 2 minute mark and a beat missing! Jeez! It also flutters. (I really hate this guy..evidently so did Capitol's tape editor) 4. Royal Garden Blues, 1948 (? it's on the 1955 album) (2:43) 5. High Society, 1948 (2:37) 6. Clarinet Marmalade, 1949 (3:02) very weird miking..one major instrument is totally off mike. I wonder if Capitol was using 2 mikes and 2 cutters? This has been suspected..! 7. Dill Pickles, 1949 (2:30) 8. Tiger Rag, 1949 (1:58 which is 1:57 too long) (Kill me now.....please.....) 9. The Charleston, 1949 (2:18)Extras:10. Runnin' Wild (Joe Grey-A. H. Gibbs-Leo Wood) Capitol 873, mx 4328-5 (2:18) (this is brutal)11. Milenberg Joys (Mares-Rappolo-Morton) Capitol 873, mx 4327-1(2:52) (this isn't much better)12. South Rampart Street Parade (Ray Bauduc-Bob Haggart) Capitol T573, mx ? (2:55) not bad at all13. Original Dixieland One-Step (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) Capitol T573, mx ? (2:20)14. Fidgety Feet (D. J. LaRocca-Larry Shields) Capitol T573, mx ? (2:06)15. Copenhagen (Charlie Davis-Walter Melrose) Capitol 1319, mx 5894 (1:59)dlOn 9/16/2010 11:47 AM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:> This was recorded for Mirror Records in 1946. FM reissued it in the late forties when Hunt made those gawdawful Capitol things that sold so well. Eli Oberstein bought the Mirror sides around 1954.> DJD> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records> http://www.hensteeth.com> -----Original Message-----> From: 78records at cdbpdx.com [mailto:78records at cdbpdx.com]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 08:51 AM> To: '78-l Online'> Subject: [78-L] Matrix MR-443-2 Pee Wee Hunt 'Basin Street Blues'>> Greetings. I have Pee Wee Hunt's fine version of 'Basin Street Blues' on 2 records, one is FM label, the other is Mirror label, both have the same matrix number MR443-2. I'm trying to figure out what the MR stands for to connect the releationships between the orignal recorder label and these other two.Any ideas? I don't think its Mercury.Thanks! CDB_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l> _______________________________________________> 78-L mailing list_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l