[78-L] John Charles Thomas discography

[David Lennick]

Vocalion 301_4_5, Canzonetta, was recorded c. October 1921, per Rust who lists 
a few of Thomas's sides where they were from musical comedies.

dl

On 4/30/2011 10:02 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 4/30/2011 7:34, Don Chichester wrote:
>> Is there such a listing online?
>>
>> Don
>>
>> (wanting info on Vocalion 30135  On the Road to Mandalay) 		 	   		
>> _______________________________________________
> I have sheet music for that song that dates 1907. It lists Vocalion
> 30135, along with Edison 82204, Victor 35476, Columbia A5441 Brunswick
> 35000. It also shows player rolls Vocalstyle 3048, Mel-O-Dee 3411 and
> Q.R.S. 1794.
> It was a popular song. There is a MGM Metro Movietone Short with the
> Capitolians doing it and a performance later on by a black tenor. These
> would of course be much later.
>
> http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm_n1184/
>
> Listed on this auction, with a very neat picture of Thomas listening to
> a Aolian Vocalion Graduola
> http://www.holdridgerecords.com/auction_pdfs/holdridge_auction2_r-z.pdf
>
> 6914. 10” Brown (acous.) Shellac Vocalion 30135 [7736]. ON THE ROAD TO
> MANDALAY (Speaks).
> Couple tiny LSSs, cons. 2. $8.00.
>
> See picture here
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/78_archives/photos/album/0/list
>