[78-L] Hank, the Yodeling Ranger

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <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 (Lt blue) - B-4733
>'LL TELL THE WORLD THAT I LOVE YOU / THE GALVESTON ROSE
> RCA VICTOR (lost)
> RCA BLUEBIRD SERIES (Black) - B-4737
BROKEN DREAMS / THE RAINBOW'S END
> A VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Black) - B-4739
WHEN THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE DOESN'T LOVE YOU/ THE DAYS ARE LONG AND I AM 
WEARY
> A VICTOR BLUEBIRD SERIES (Lt blue) - B-4742
LONESOME BLUE YODEL / WAS THERE EVER A PAL LIKE YOU?
--end B series--
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..?? >
No! They were recorded between c.1938 and 1953...for the most part ln 
RCA(C)'s Montreal
studios. Rural Canada offered a huge market for "hillbilly" recordings; like 
"Appalachia," the rural
population had grown up with, and still enjoyed, the Anglo-Celtic "folk" 
music of the 19th century!
This was the music which would evolve (thanks to Dalhart et al) into 
country/"hillbilly" music...
which is still "anthemic" to the US working class! Sadly, "New Country" has 
degenerated into
revivals of mid-sixties  "rock" with the requisite pedal steel added to make 
it sound "country!!"

Steven C. Barr


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
>
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