[78-L] Glenn Edmunds and his Orchestra on Hollywood label - 'NOT FOR SALE'

[Royal Pemberton]

I don't know where it is now, but I once saw a listing of many of the
Columbia private recording matrix series.  (That's what your record stems
from, electric recording late 1920s/early 1930s period).

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:33 AM, <78records at cdbpdx.com> wrote:

> I have a 10 inch 78 rpm record by Glenn Edmunds and his Orchestra on a
> Hollywood label that says 'for radio broadcast only', 'NOT FOR SALE'.  View
> here:
>
> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/labels/Hollywood/
>
> The tunes are 'Tired of Love' and 'White River Road', matrix numbers are:
> W in a small circle plus 170509 & 170525 in the dead wax.  I can't find
> those numbers anywhere to date the record.  Is there such a thing as a
> matrix number library?
>
> Also, Glenn Edmunds seems to be just about unknown.  I've spent the last
> few days searching for more recordings by him and found nothing.  I did find
> sheet music for one of these songs, Tired Of Love, and it was copyrighted
> 1930 so I suspect this record is from then.
>
> I can't find anything like this label, either.  Never seen it before.  Is
> it a transcription or a DJ Sample record?
>
> Bugs me not knowing anything about this record.  Any thoughts on:
>
> When was this disc was made?
>
> When were the songs were recorded?
>
> Did Glenn Edmunds ever make other records?
>
> What is the Hollywood label?
>
> Thanks for your help and patience!  I'm totally stumped with this one.  CDB
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