[78-L] Rex Battle

[David Lennick]

Could have been done as a favour for Battle. He made some legitimate recordings 
for the Compo label and also allowed his name to appear on Apex as leader of 
dance band records which were actually Joseph Samuels, Eddie Peabody, Adrian 
Schubert, Bar Harbor Society Orchestra etc.

Now if only Percy Grainger's broadcast of the Grieg with Reginald Stewart 
conducting that same orchestra would turn up!

dl

On 3/10/2011 10:15 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I've also had a portion of a broadcast featuring pianist
> Rex Battle on an Apex pressing.
>
> db
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> I think I've mentioned before that I have a recording of the complete Grieg
> Concerto with Rex Battle and Erno Rapee conducting the Toronto Philharmonic
> Orchestra, on 4 12 inch 78s.  There is no mention on the label of a Company but
> they are pressed records, not soft cuts and the labels are the same blue/purple
> as Canadian Apex, Decca, Brunswick, etc.  When I brought this recording up last
> time, I mentioned that I was frustrated by a locked groove which I couldn't
> clear;  I tried cleaning, playing at half speed and even looked at it under a
> microscope, only to discover that the locked groove was actually recorded from
> the source.  I don't know the reason for this set because, being pressed, I
> assume there were many copies of it manufactured, but it was a dreadful
> performance, there was the aforementioned locked groove, there were one or two
> other points where the source had skipped ahead a revolution, the side changes
> are very sloppy, often having about a half of a minute overlap and the sound is
> very poor quality.  But it was obviously from a broadcast.
>
> db