[78-L] George Formby on the other side of the pond

[Alan Bunting]

Not sure if it's been mentioned here before but the most comprehensive George Formby Discography (and everything else!)may be found here:

http://www.georgeformby.org/

A truly amazing achievemnt!

Alan Bunting

--- On Sat, 16/4/11, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] George Formby on the other side of the pond
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, 16 April, 2011, 19:38
> Not surprising..Sparton released a
> lot of Formby discs here in the early 40s. 
> First pressings are the soft unlaminated ones, very easily
> broken, but they 
> stayed in print long enough to be laminated by the mid 40s.
> 8 sides were 
> reissued in an album on blue label MASTERWORKS (!) in 1950
> when Formby came 
> here. What is also odd is that I saw my first Canadian
> Formbys in New York, at 
> Merit. For some reason The Window Cleaner (RZ MR 2199)
> wasn't issued here 
> (although the later Decca/London version was).
> 
> You're a Li-a-ty was originally RZ MR 2430, flip is When We
> Feather Our Nest. 
> RZ flip of Lamp Post is Hi-Tiddley-Hi-Ti Island (info from
> Rust's Music Hall book).
> 
> Columbias were imports till CBS set up Sparton as its
> Canadian presser and 
> distributor in late 1939.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 4/16/2011 2:29 PM, agp wrote:
> > Paid a visit to Whistin' Willies today. Among the
> goodies I was
> > surprised to find a George Formby 78 on Canadian
> Columbia --
> >
> > Columbia C670 - Leaning on a Lamp Post (mx. CAR 4655)
> b/w You're a
> > La-i-ty (mx. CAR 4407)
> >
> > Its a Sparton pressing that is a bit ugly with a few
> 'bumps and
> > dings' in the run in grooves! (Could this mean it was
> not a 1937 pressing?)
> >
> > These look to match Regal Zonophone mx numbers. I see
> that Leaning
> > was on Regal Zonophone  MR.2490. Can anyone tell
> me what the original
> > Regal Zonophone release was the Canadian B-side? Was
> this Columbia
> > release in parallel with the UK release - as I see it
> says its from
> > the 1937 the film Feather Your Nest? Not even sure if
> the film came
> > out in the USA.
> >
> > so -- Second question -- did he see any releases in
> the USA.
> >
> > I am in particular looking for the scandalous and
> banned When I'm
> > Cleaning Windows - -anyone have a catalogue number for
> that
> >
> > T
> >