[78-L] Herald 460

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Ooops, that would be c. May 1955!
Sheesh.
Mal

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On 9/22/2010 7:58 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> 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
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