[78-L] Silly Season on eBay

[David Lennick]

That was the one.

dl

On 3/17/2011 1:00 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I recall that copy...it had a chip in it which went into the Georgia Brown
> side a few grooves.  The person who bought it has played it for me...I think
> he got a great deal,  even with the damage.
>
> I have a nice copy for which I really splurged on a paper auction about ten
> years ago...I've never regretted spending the dough.
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Silly Season on eBay
>
>
>> I missed a copy of that one on eBoom a couple of years ago when it went for
>> $40. In fact I saw it but didn't connect it in my mind and thought it was
>> the
>> vocal group The Pied Pipers, on an odd label. A copy was played a couple
>> of
>> years later at the Canadian Collectors Congress as part of a presentation
>> on
>> college dance bands and private recordings.
>>
>> And there are two takes of the Jimmy Stewart "Day After Day", both of
>> which
>> turned up on vinyl pressings in Toronto a while back.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 3/17/2011 12:53 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> Great post,  esp. point #3.  I love Jose's vocal on Georgia Brown...sort
>>> of
>>> a talk-sing approach and it works very well.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jig Boo"<jigboo84 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:46 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Silly Season on eBay
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. The CORNET solo is by Douglas MacNamee. The 1932 Triangle Club
>>> Orchestra
>>> also included Bud Wilson-trombone, Jack Howe-sax, Charles E. Smith-Piano
>>> and
>>> Sheldon Smith-guitar. Jose Ferrer was also in this band and contributed a
>>> vocal to Sweet Georgia Brown-their hottest side outside of "Strong
>>> Talk' -
>>> another Personal Label issue of their take on Farewell Blues. He was very
>>> gracious when I corresponded with him in 1987 about these sides; Jimmy
>>> Stewart did not acknowledge any communications. The 1932 Princeton
>>> graduating class was loaded with very talented individuals, both in and
>>> out
>>> of music.
>>> 2. SOME Personal recordings of this period are of interest to many
>>> non-ultra
>>> collectors as many are excellent musically and may also represent early
>>> efforts by bands that either as entire or partial personnel later
>>> recorded
>>> for the major labels. They are not all vanity pressings-For example the
>>> Princeton recordings were actively sold at the Princeton Bookstore-as
>>> were
>>> other collegiate Jazz groups at their respective bookstores.
>>> 3. If you bid high enough you don't have to worry about the bidsnipe
>>> programs.
>>>