[78-L] Adrien Beauregard

[David Lennick]

Large or small label? Blue with gold or silver print, or black label? Compo 
matrix 10294 is from September 1943 so this will definitely be some time later.

dl

On 4/5/2011 7:38 PM, David Lewis wrote:
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> Perhaps some of our Canadian friends can furnish some information on this record, which I recently acquired:
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> Apex Francais 17053
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> Adrien Beauregard avec l'orchestre Beauregard
> A (11616) La Chanson de Seraphin
> B (11617) Piano Rag
> The Compo Co. Limited Lachine, Que, Canada
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> The "orchestre" is scant indeed, consisting of a bass player and drummer. "Piano Rag" as a wonderfully earthy and folksy feel, with lots of odd chords and un-raggy compound time sigs. I guess this was some sort of indigenous French Canadian performance; can anyone tell me when this was recorded (?late 40s-early 50s) and anything about the artist or style of the music?
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> thanks,
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> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com