[78-L] Curly Hicks

[Royal Pemberton]

True....and Jimmie Rodgers on the first 10" one.  I guess in a lot of cases
Bluebird could also be considered a budget reissue label.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Wasn't it the other way around? Victor started Bluebird first (1933) and
> had name artists like Louis Armstrong on it right off the bat. Bluebird
> wasn't started to combat Decca because U.S. Decca didn't exist until 1934.
> It was Decca that was trying to compete with Bluebird and the dime store
> labels.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> > From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:18:34 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Curly Hicks
> >
> > From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> > > I was right. Kevin Coffey has indeed delved into the Curly Hicks
> > > situation in depth, and is even in touch with family members of one of
> > > the men who played accordion with the group. Here's his note to me.
> > >
> > Not that the first years of Bluebird (1932-34?) featured "house
> > bands/artists" unrelated to their Victor counterparts,,,! Victor
> > was figuring out how to compete with the ARC "cheap labels"...
> > later, they started featuring "name artists" (i.e. BG & Miller)
> > on their 35-cent label in order to compete with Jack Kapp's
> > 35-cent Decca label...!
> >
> > Steven C. Barr
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