[78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Fri Nov 19 18:29:38 PST 2010


Al,  I had no idea that you were into "Rapp" music.

Barry Wood's first records as a singer were  with the Buddy Rogers band on 
Victor in 1932...under his real name of Louis Rapp.  Great records,  btw.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test


> Another minute fact from my almanac.
> .Barney Rapp was the brother of Barry Wood, star singer, along with Joan
> Edwards, on the Lucky Strike
> Hit Parade in the mid 40's. Rapp owned a nightclub in Cleveland . Doris 
> Day
> began her big band career with his band there.
> There is a 30 minute line check dated June 17, 1939 .Doris sings two 
> tunes.
> "Little Sir Echo and "I'm Happy About The Whole Thing."
> To my knowledge it is her first recorded performance. She didn''t yet 
> sound
> anything like the Doris Day we knew.
>
> Al Simmons
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
> To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:28 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Barney Rapp Victor test
>
>
>> Ebay # 330494827121 (not sold)
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/RAPPS-ORCH-Roaming-Away-Brunswick-25853-Test-Dance-/330494827121?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4cf306da71
>>
>> is listed as a Brunswick test, but the description plus
>> the bad label image indicate that it is:
>> (BARNEY) RAPP''S ORCH, Roaming Away, mx 25853, recd Dec 7, 1921,
>> listed in first ADBD as Vic rejected.
>> So at least the test exists (single-sided?) and may be of interest to
>> someone.
>>
>> The label shows also 2 letters/digits next to the spindle hole.
>> A letter "K" at 3-o'clock, and
>> a digit "3" or the letter "B" at 9h.
>> Is this take 3 or what is the meaning of the letters?
>>
>> Does the new ADBD show that a rejected take exists?
>>
>> Han Enderman
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