[78-L] Stormy Weather

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Wed Dec 22 14:21:00 PST 2010


Ellington's version is very common on green label Canadian Columbia C-6064, 
master pressing. Sparton must have wanted as much Ellington in their new 
catalog as possible.

dl

On 12/22/2010 5:16 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 'Stormy weather'....I have a trashed copy of Ellington with Ivie Anderson on
> red Columbia 35556 and an excellent copy of the Hall Of Fame series reissue
> (50016).  50016 duplicates both titles of 35556 although SW has very slight
> reverb added.
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Glenn Longwell<glongwell at snet.net>  wrote:
>
>> There's also the Frank Sinatra version on 12" Columbia 55037.  I tried to
>> sell a nice copy on ohvey several times with no takers, not even for $1.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> --- On Wed, 12/22/10, Julian Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>  wrote:
>>
>> From: Julian Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stormy Weather
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 3:57 PM
>>
>> Cary Ginell wrote:
>>> With rain pelting outside for the 7th consecutive day, I decided to trawl
>> my collection and see how many versions of "Stormy Weather" I had on 78. The
>> answer is 7. For some reason, I never bothered to acquire a copy by Lena
>> Horne on RCA Victor:
>>>
>>> Luis Arcaraz&  his Orchestra - RCA Victor 20-4256
>>> The Leaders - Glory 235
>>> Andre Kostelanetz&  his Orchestra - Columbia 7431-M (in 12" album M-574)
>>> Peggy Lee - Capitol 10119
>>> Duke Ellington&  his Famous Orchestra - Brunswick 6600
>>> Ethel Waters - Brunswick 6564
>>> Joseph Robechaux&  his New Orleans Boys - Vocalion 2540
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell (wishing he had the Five Sharps version as well....)
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Additionally, I have:
>>
>> Chick Bullock Perfect 12908
>> Victor Young Vocalion 15884
>> Nat Gonella Decca F7868
>>
>>        Julian Vein


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