[78-L] BG and Billie Holiday on Columbia Blue Shellac [fwd]

[Mike Harkin]

Looks like it's being played on a Garrard Type A, which brings back fond memories of its own.

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Mon, 5/2/11, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and Billie Holiday on Columbia Blue Shellac
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, May 2, 2011, 5:53 PM
> Wonder where Wicki came up with the
> theory that they only sold 300 copies of 
> the original?  I've had mine since 1980 when I bought
> it from Russ Connor. 
> I know I've seen it a dozen times at auction since then.
> 
> Anybody know the real story about # of copies pressed and
> sold?
> 
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and
> Billie Holiday on 
> Columbia Blue Shellac
> 
> 
> > Iffen you got a blue shellac copy, you got an
> original. This wasn't in 
> > print in
> > 1939 and would have had one of the later label styles
> if it were a 
> > reissue.
> > YMSIL wasn't re-pressed till the late 40s, on Special
> Editions SE 5009.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 5/2/2011 1:09 PM, 78records at cdbpdx.com
> wrote:
> >> 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...
> >>
> >> CDB
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