[78-L] EDDIE FISHER

[Jeff Sultanof]

This has nothing to do with time, but I laughed when I bought a two-fer back
in the seventies of Decca recordings of Al Hibbler. I'm almost positive the
track was 'Tis Autumn;' you can clearly hear someone speaking the lyrics to
Hibbler in the background line by line.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> Now I want to go dig out my Davis Decca of Ten Tiny Toes..I recall that
> Davis is right on the mark as far as the meter,  but I may be
> nostalgiafying
> my memories.   In the early 60s,  I inherited a suitcase full of records
> which had belonged to a great-uncle who had died many years before I was
> even born.  He was a salesman,  on the road much of the time,  and took his
> suitcase with him.  There was exactly one pop record among the 80 or
> so...all the rest were black jazz and blues artists of the 20s and 30s and
> a
> few very jazzy country disks including the Davis.
>
> Who would have imagined that one of my ancestors was also a fan of Bo
> Carter,  Buddy Moss and Jelly Roll Morton??
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] EDDIE FISHER
>
>
> >
> > Jimmie Davis also was notoriously meter-challenged. He actually employed
> > somebody to come with him to recording sessions to point at him when it
> > was time for him to sing. Listen to some of his Victor and Decca
> > recordings and you'll hear him skip all kinds of beats. Davis was very
> > unmusical, but he was sharp - he never was a songwriter, but knew a good
> > song when he heard it ("You Are My Sunshine") and pounced on many with
> his
> > wallet.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:48:51 -0400
> >> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] EDDIE FISHER
> >>
> >> Eddie Fisher and his bad sense of time: During recording sessions,
> Fisher
> >> had someone tap him on the shoulder to cue him when to come in and sing.
> >> Nelson Riddle told me this himself; for the album they made together
> >> (Games
> >> That Lovers Play), the orchestral tracks were recorded first and then he
> >> was
> >> overdubbed. Riddle saw this. To him this was insane.
> >>
> >
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