[78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label

[Dan Van Landingham]

I have a very battered Capitol 78 of "Stormy Weather" with her taking a vocal.It 
had Benny Carter,Coleman Hawkins,Bill Coleman and Nat King Cole.It was issued by 
them in the early
'70s on LP as part of a series that also included Capitol recordings by Benny 
Carter's 1943-
46 big band,Cootie Williams' 1945-46 band and Woody Herman's 1948-50 big band.I 
wo-
nder if this album set was similar to a "jazz history" album that came out in 78 
many years ear-
lier;I had the 78 album jackets less the records.This particular album had four 
records in the set.
The aforementioned Kay Starr Capitol I have was by the "Capitol International 
Jazzmen".Many
years ago,the late Al Hendrickson's wife Patti once referred to Capitol as the 
"round building that
made square records".I used to have a number of those(either)black or purple 
label Capitol rec-
ordings by either the "Capitol Jazzmen" or the "Capitol International Jazzmen".I 
once purchased,
via ebay,a Melodie Jazz Classics CD of Teagarden's 1941 big band(that recorded 
for Decca)
plus several tracks dating from 1943 which included Teagarden singing 
"Casanova's Lament" and
a fairly good rendering of "Solitude" by the Capitol Jazzmen featuring Dave 
Matthews on tenor.The
master on the CD was different than the original 78 I have of it in my 
collection which I've owned
since 1971.




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Sun, November 7, 2010 7:43:29 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label

July 25, 1944, as per Julian's listing below. The Musicana issue is a surprise 
to me. Musicana didn't exist till after ARA had folded, and I wasn't aware it 
ever issued any Rex/Rem/Metro sides.

Kay was also on Lamplighter and Crystalette before hitting it big on Capitol 
(she also recorded for Capitol in 1945 and with Charlie Barnet on Decca). Her 
first recordings seem to be with Glenn Miller in 1939..I did not know that. 
Baby Me (BB 10372) and Love With A Capitol You (BB 10383).

dl

On 11/7/2010 8:43 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> When did Kay Starr record for ARA?I'm more familiar with her work on Capitol/
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Julian Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Fri, November 5, 2010 9:23:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Need Help Identifying A Label
>
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Per ARLD, it began as Rex, possibly around 1947, and changed the name to Rem
>> some time in 1949. Metro is listed as an affiliate label. One odd thing is 
>that
>>
>> there's also a Rex in New York in 1951, owned by "Richard Morros". Any 
>relation
>>
>> to Boris Morros, the proprietor of ARA, a number of whose masters ended up on
>> Rex/Rem?
>>
>> No direct connection shown from ARA (which went belly up in 1946) to Rem..the
>> latter label probably just bought up available masters that were sitting at
>> Radio Recorders or the pressing plant, although any reissues I've seen have
>> been re-dubbed from the original lacquers and sound substantially better. If
>> you can find an unworn SPELLBOUND on Rex/Rem vinyls, grab it (my copy uses 
>both
>>
>> label names, by the way).
>>
>> dl
> ==========
> Lord lists this Manone ARA session, which includes this Metro issue. but
> only for the reverse!
>
> Wingy Manone
>
> Wingy Manone (tp,vcl) Joe Yukl (tb) Matty Matlock (cl) Stan Wrightsman
> (p) Nappy Lamare (g) Phil Stephens (b) Nick Fatool (d) Kay Starr (vcl)
> Los Angeles, July 25, 1944
> RR9792-1    The general jumped at dawn (wm vcl)    Ara 143
> RR9793-1    Tin roof blues    Ara 145, Metro 23005, Rex 23005, Rem 23005,
>          Musicana (Can)3001, Tops 216, Cameo 917, 417
> RR9794    If I could be with you one hour tonight (ks,wm vcl,*)    Metro
> 23005, Rex 23005, Rem 23005, Musicana
>          (Can)3001, Tops 216, Cameo 917, 417, Baldwin
>          Street Music (Can)BJH-305 [CD]
> RR9794-2    If I could be with you one hour tonight (ks,wm vcl)    Ara
> 145, Baldwin Street Music (Can)BJH-305 [CD]
>
> RR9795    A-card blues (wm vcl)    Metro 23006
>
>        Julian Vein
>
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