[78-L] Farr Brothers [was Sons of the Pioneers (was Bob Nolan)]

[Cary Ginell]

Columbia Historic Edition series, FC-37439
 
Contains the following ARC recordings:
 
Song of the Bandit
At the Rainbow's End
Hold That Critter Down
When the Golden Train Comes Down
Cajon Stomp
You Must Come In At the Door
The Devil's Great Grandson
Cowboy Night Herd Song
Send Him Home to Me
The Touch of God's Hand
 
I have 3 of the SOTP 78s reissued on Harmony in 1949 (1033, 1035, 1070)
plus 4 of the Vocalions, 2 on red Columbia, and 4 unissued ARC tests. These tests were all used on the recently released Bear Family set documenting the early years of the Pioneers' recordings for Decca and ARC.
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:46:58 -0700
> From: danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Farr Brothers [was Sons of the Pioneers (was Bob Nolan)]
> 
> I found a BMG released CD of them in a Salvation Army thrift store.The CD had 
> recording dates but no
> matrix and take numbers.It was part of a two CD set.I've never seen anything on 
> either CD or vinyl of
> their recordings on ARC reissued on Columbia.I saw some Sons of the Pioneers on 
> Melotone in a juke
> box-pinball repair shop in Coos Bay,Oregon back in 1994.They were the blue and 
> silyer Melotones and
> they probably dated from 1936 as I believe ARC discontinued the label by 1937.I 
> had some green and
> gold Melotones of Patsy Montana once and I believe those dated from 1935.Other 
> Melotones I had
> were by Will Osborne,Dick McDonough(The Goona Goo which was great),Johnny 
> Meissner,Joe Hay-
> mes and a country singer named Buck Jones.Correct me if I'm wrong regarding the 
> years of those Mel-
> otones.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 2:47:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Farr Brothers [was Sons of the Pioneers (was Bob Nolan)]
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> The best biography of the Sons of the Pioneers is "Hear My Song: The 
> Story of the Celebrated Sons of the Pioneers," published by the John 
> Edwards Memorial Foundation. The Farr Brothers' transcriptions were 
> issued on two LPs, one on Cattle Records, the other on JEMF's own label. 
> I'm not aware of these being issued on CD.
> ===========
> There's a CD of the Farr Brothers' Standard, Thesaurus and Orthacoustic 
> ETs on Country Music (UK) RFD CD 11. This overlaps the JEMF by a few 
> tracks. Don't have the Cattle.
> 
>       Julian Vein
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