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

[David Lennick]

Already have those programs transferred, actually..they're thick glass lacquers 
cut in Toronto.

dl

On 5/7/2011 5:40 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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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