[78-L] John Charles Thomas discography

Mark Bardenwerper citrogsa at charter.net
Sat Apr 30 20:22:04 PDT 2011


On 4/30/2011 9:22, David Lennick wrote:
> 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
>>
Edison 82204 is listed at 5/3/1917
Victor was cut in 1914.

Wiki say 1920-1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Thomas


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