[78-L] Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and Billie Holiday on ColumbiaBlue Shellac

[Steven C. Barr]

From: <78records at cdbpdx.com>
> I recently acquired a blue shellac copy (Columbia 2856-D) of Benny Goodman 
> and Billie Holiday performing Your Mother's Son-In-Law. Wikipedia says 
> only 300 copies of the original issue sold. View and listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNBoIcDg7s
> I suspect my copy is a reissue - 1939 or so, however someone told me it 
> was an original issue from 1933. Any comments? Got my fingers crossed...
>
If it is on blue shellac...it HAS to be from 1932-35; although I have no
idea how true the Wikipedia article might be (remember ANYBODY
can post to it...some, like myself, are reliable sources, while others are
rather LESS than reliable...!)! I have heard that Columbia recorded
Holiday, and immediately pressed around 1000 copies, most of which
would sell quickly. "...Son-In-Law" was Holiday's first recording, so
Columbia probably pressed a smaller number, not knowing if they
would sell...?!

Steven C. Barr