[78-L] Hell to pay

[David Lennick]

Jolson on Naxos got into 1918 but didn't Tell That to the Marines. Missed it by 
that much. One day I'll get to do the complete Jolsons..

dl

On 1/25/2011 9:17 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> Not a "hell," but a "damn":
>
> If you think you'll sink our new boats/
> With your damned old U-boats/
> Tell that to the Marines!
>
> Al Jolson Columbia recording of "Tell That to the Marines" from around 1918
> (sorry, I don't have the discographical info at hand).  It's on the Pearl
> Music From the New York Stage, Vol. 4. CD.
>
> dl--did your Jolson releases get up that far?
>
> Also, in "College Medley," Jack Norworth almost says "hell" (in fact, I
> thought he did until I just listened again):
>
> We can't swim ourselves/
> So how in the he--world can we help you?
>
> That's also from Pearl's Music from the New York Stage (Vol. 2, this time).
>
> Connecting this topic with acoustic disc playback speed, I have Norwood's
> "College Medley" on a 12-inch purple label Victor, and it seems to pitch
> down around 71.  According to the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor
> recordings, this side was recorded on either March 7, or April 4, 1910
> (matrix B-8703, take 1 or 2), which seems awful late for Victor to be
> pitched so low.  In my experience, recordings of this period seem to settle
> in the 74-76 rpm range.
>
> Sammy Jones
>
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Yeah and "She Looks Like Helen Brown" is another one.I guess what I'm
>> looking for are lyrics which actually use "Hell" as an oath or
>> profanity, and not as an actual place or hidden within a pun. So by my
>> newly determined standard, none o' these earlier ones would fit except
>> for the Spinach tune.T
>
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