[78-L] BE music

[Michael Biel]

From: "Martin Fisher" <wmfisher at mtsu.edu>
> I've been under the impression that most LW sides recorded BY Columbia
> and possibly in the same studio. Sure sound awful similar to me.


That was sorta the point I was making when I said the main value for the
Columbia of BTTCYL is mainly as a comparison to the LW.  I think the LW
discography discusses the recordings that are not by the same performers
who recorded the selections for Columbia.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

- -----Original Message-----

- From Banjo Bud
- >>> Did anyone hear Al Jolson's recording of "Back To The Carolina You
- Love," on this week's Boardwalk Empire? I wonder if they used the
Little
- Wonder recording? Bud
- From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
- >> Columbia A-1621 is the ten-inch version. dl
- Ron L'Herault wrote:
- > I'm sure there are quite a few of us who have LW 20.
- > I don't have any other recording of him doing the tune though.
- - From: Michael Biel
- I have both, but it is amazing how many collectors have LW 20 but not
- the Columbia. It's not all that great a song and its only claim to
- fame is it being practically the only LW made by a famous and easily
- recognizable star. The only reason to have the Columbia is as a
- comparison to the LW or having to have EVERY Jolson. Since it was in
- the first LW release it did have a relatively long life in the
catalog,
- but has anyone ever seen it with a paper label? I wonder if word "got
- out" at the time that it was Jolson, and everyone rushed to their
- Woolworth to grab it. It probably sold more on LW than Columbia!
- 
- Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
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