[78-L] Stormy Weather

[Dan Van Landingham]

I have been into what would now be called "antique radio" for about 50 years.I 
had a 

nice Sparton I bought from a woman I had worked with at General Telephone for 
$30
back in the mid '80s.It was from 1936 and was a table top model.I know Sparks 
Wit-
thington was located in Jackson,Michigan.




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 4:10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Stormy Weather

Same Company. From the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada:

Sparton of Canada, Ltd. Record manufacturing company established in 1930 in 
London, Ont, by a US company, Sparks-Worthington. Sparton of Canada 
manufactured radios, phonographs,and household appliances and was the Canadian 
presser and distributor 1939-54 for Columbia records and thereafter, until 
1969, for ABC-Paramount, Disneyland, Hifirecord, and its own Sparton label. It 
was the first company in Canada to press stereo recordings. Besides many 
records from the Sparton (USA) catalogue, the company issued 78s, singles 
(45s), or LPs by Ward Allen, Paul Anka, Joyce Hahn, Cliff McKay, Jimmy Namaro, 
the fiddler Bob Scott, Don and Priscilla Wright, and other Canadians.

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Dates not perfect but so it goes..the record division shut down suddenly in the 
summer of 1968. I remember, because we stopped receiving new releases on 
Command and other labels that should have been automatic.

dl

On 12/23/2010 6:31 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> Was Sparton the same company that made the radio sets?
>
>
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> ________________________________
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 8:04:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stormy Weather
>
> Hmm! Royal referred to the Ivie Anderson vocals but I missed that in
> referencing the 1933 version on Canadian Columbia. Very odd that Canada would
> issue that in 1940 without there being a US version for parts. There was no
> Canadian pressing of Columbia for several years and Sparton didn't get parts
> from Compo when it started pressing Columbias in late 1939. In fact Compo was
> still using old Brunswick stampers, sometimes without the right to use
> them..they were supposed to have dropped Brunswick entirely around 1936 in
> order to get Decca.
>
> dl
>
> On 12/22/2010 9:38 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
>> Co C-6064 is the May 1933 version (Br 6600), acc. to Rust, whereas
>> Co 35556&  dub 50016 are from Feb 1940, with Ben Webster.
>> Both coupled with Soph.Lady.
>>
>> More in Rust, like Larry Adler 1938 and Adelaide Hall (fine singer) in
>> Copenhagen.
>>
>> Han Enderman
>> ===
>>>>> 50016 is dubs on both sides.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:21 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at
> sympatico.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> 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....)
>>>>>>
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