[78-L] Hank, the Yodeling Ranger

[78records at cdbpdx.com]

Here is a list of the recordings:

HANK, THE YODELING RANGER:

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - B-4694
WANDERING ON / YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ME

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - B-4733
I'LL TELL THE WORLD THAT I LOVE YOU / THE GALVESTON ROSE

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - B-4736
LET'S PRETEND / I TRADED MY SADDLE FOR A RIFLE

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Black) - B-4737
BROKEN DREAMS / THE RAINBOW'S END

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Black) - B-4739
WHEN THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE DOESN'T LOVE YOU/ THE DAYS ARE LONG AND I AM WEARY

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - B-4742
LONESOME BLUE YODEL / WAS THERE EVER A PAL LIKE YOU?

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3208
GOODNIGHT LITTLE BUCKAROO / YOU'LL REGRET THOSE WORDS MY DARLING

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3214
THE SOLDIER'S LAST LETTER / YOU BROKE THE CHAIN THAT HELD OUR HEARTS

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3216
YOUR LITTLE BAND OF GOLD / HEADIN' HOME

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3220
CAN'T HAVE YOU BLUES / DARLING I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU


HANK, THE SINGING RANGER:

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3227
MY KALUA SWEETHEART / TOO MANY TEARS

RCA VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - 55-3232
I'LL NOT FORGET MY MOTHER'S PRAYER / THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS
 
I assume these were most likely recorded originally in the 1930s-early 1940s and these are re-issues..??  
 
Thanks!  CDB


--- On Fri, 12/3/10, 78records at cdbpdx.com <78records at cdbpdx.com> wrote:

> From: 78records at cdbpdx.com <78records at cdbpdx.com>
> Subject: Hank, the Yodeling Ranger
> To: "78-l Online" <78-l at 78online.com>
> Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 12:59 PM
> Just digging through a recently
> acquired record collection and found 12 10" RCA VICTOR
> "BLUEBIRD SERIES" label 78s pressed in Canada, all
> recordings of Hank The Yodeling Ranger or Hank the Singing
> Ranger.  Some of these sound a lot like Jimmy
> Rodgers.  A little research revealed these are actually
> some early Hank Snow recordings.  WOW!  Imagine
> what might have been if Jimmy Rodgers had lived another
> 30-40 years.  
> 
> Anyway, I know very little about Canadian pressings and was
> wondering when these were issued.  Some of the numbers
> start with 55-xxxx and others are in the 4xxx series. 
> All say made in Montreal.  Most are light blue labels,
> a couple are dark blue.  I thought they might have been
> from an album, but the numbers are not sequential, as you'd
> expect from an album set.
> 
> Any info would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!  CDB
>