[78-L] Gracie Fields puzzlement

[David Lennick]

On 9/16/2010 6:24 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Vic(C) 120927-B as by Gracie Fields / With Orch. cond. by Ben Frankel
> (but LMS 334 gives only H. Parr-Davies at the piano).
> Mx 0GF-6 "Land Of Hope And Glory" is on 120927 as "With Choir, Organ&  Orchestra".
>
> Apparently these Vic(C)s were issued much later, since 120920 has 17-Nov-39 titles
> and 120930 has 15-May-40 recordings. Is LMS release date known?
LMS contains dubs from Rex and RZ originals, done by Decca and Columbia 
respectively. Easy to put an approximate date to the dubs since the Columbias 
are mats. P30801/4, putting them in early 1941. The Canadian Victors are in the 
1941 catalogue.
> Vic 120931 Stop and Shop at the Co-op. Shop / The Birthday  Song on label as
> With Piano, Recorded in England from a Broadcast.
> Why did they make a special GF mx series?
 > Han Enderman

Star treatment, maybe? Or perhaps to separate them from regular RZs which had 
no automatic North American outlet, although Columbia may have had first refusal.

dl
>

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>>>> Gracie Fields 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 3001, 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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