[78-L] Farnon, was Re: Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and Billie Holiday on Columbia Blue Shellac

[Jeff Sultanof]

Thank you Alan and David. It is a major tragedy that we don't have anything
of the Faith Orchestra from that era.

David, would it be possible for you to make a copy of the Farnon programs
you described. Let me know any costs if you can.

Many thanks,
Jeff

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:18 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> "I'll Never Smile Again" exists by Percy Faith, only because Ruth Lowe had
> an
> aircheck done of it. A copy was given to Tommy Dorsey, and her son has
> another.
> A photo of the label in a Toronto Star article is the closest I've managed
> to
> get to it, and I'm sure the CBC has nothing.
>
> dl
>
> On 5/7/2011 5:11 PM, Alan Bunting wrote:
> > I have never come across any Percy Faith recordings from his CBC days
> and, like David,
> > doubt if any have survived.
> >
> > I would be very happy if anyone can prove me wrong!
> >
> > Alan Bunting
> >
> > --- On Sat, 7/5/11, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have three short 1942 programs where Farnon leads the ensemble, speaks
> a bit,
> > plays piano on one selection and probably plays trumpet, along with Al
> and Bob
> > Harvey and Bert Pearl..sort of a poor man's Happy Gang. As for anything
> from
> > the CBC with Percy Faith, Alan Bunting would know if any of it exists,
> which I
> > doubt. The Corp almost never airchecked variety and pop music programs in
> the
> > 30s and melted down a lot of aluminum discs during the war.
> >
> > dl
> >>>
> >>> On 5/7/2011 6:29 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> >>>>  And since I'm asking, is there anything still existing from the
> >>>> Percy Faith era with Farnon in the trumpet section of the orchestra?
> >>>>
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