[78-L] Herald 460

[Malcolm Rockwell]

I just came up with an odd and  - I think - great 78. I was buying some 
Roy (ho-hum) Smeck Deccas on eBay and also won Herald 460. Sometimes 
I'll buy a record only because the title might be Hawaii related. This 
one is "Paradise Princess" and is a Rock n Roll ballad with no 
Hawaiian-redeeming value. The flip is also of no tropical worth, BUT is 
a most interesting New Orleans style rocker, ala Fats Domino & Dave 
Bartholomew, entitled "My Sweetie's Gone" by Al Savage.
The instrumentation seems to be 2 (?alto) saxes, piano, tenor banjo, Bb 
baritone tuba and drums with Savage doing vocal. The tuba is outstanding 
in that the player not only does the normal bass line routines, but also 
plays some lead lines. It bops along with the saxes using a very NO 
feel. Very obscure... very interesting!
Seems it was recorded in New York c. May 1965.
I'll see what I can do about putting it up online somewhere.
I really need to find a regular "notepad" temp site to put up recordings!
Mal