[78-L] Label Screw-ups

[warren moorman]

I have an Okeh 78 Of "I Don't Know Why" by Harold Oxley's Post Lodge Orchestra (1924) that has a different tune altogether than the one labeled as such on a Lyric cd(Australian), which is where I first heard it and made me want it. Both instrumental, and I would have assumed the cd was wrong, but actually the cd tune seems to fit the title a little better than the tune on my 78; any help figuring out if the cd is wrong, or if my pressing of the 78 is mis-labeled, (i.e. mp3) would be appreciated.

Warren  


--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Label Screw-ups [was: For Hawaiian and Rollini discographers]
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:57 PM
> I had two similar label screw-ups
> with Columbia from that era, and I an 
> wondering if it happened more with them than, say,
> Victor.  Mort Savada 
> thought he had found for me a copy of Col 198-D, Darktown
> Broadcasting 
> Parts 1 & 2 by Jay C. Flippen.  That is, until he
> flipped (pardon the 
> pun) the record over and discovered the label of a nearby
> number on the 
> other side.  We both hoped that the other label was
> mistaken because it 
> was the recording that was important, but alas, the matrix
> numbers 
> showed it was the Flippen label that was wrong.  (He
> wouldn't sell me 
> the record even though I wanted it for the incorrect label,
> and it took 
> a long time before I found a real copy of it.)  I also
> have a copy of 
> !-S, the New Process Sample Record which had a paste-over
> label which 
> fortunately was easily removed.  Under it was a label
> for 1-D (a record 
> I actually got a few weeks ago.)  At least the factory
> discovered their 
> mistake before it got out.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> On 6/8/2011 10:09 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> > To our contributors about hawaiian records, Adrian
> Rollini, and to Geoffrey
> > (who regrettably has a read-only subscription to this
> list):
> >
> > Tom Kelly is among the most interesting ebay-sellers.
> > This mislabelled item of Har 17-H by Ferera has been
> sold recently,
> > but still can be seen for about one day:
> > ebay item 370512111543
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/pc78-Jazz-Hawaiian-Harmony-17-71-Frank-Ferera-Univers-6-/370512111543?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item56443e27b7
> >
> > Kelly's images of both sides show the mx nrs and it is
> actually Har 17-H (both sides),
> > with the label of 71-H by University Six erroneously
> used on one side (a case of dislexy?).
> > The 17-H label is not the original issue (which states
> Fifty Cents at 3h) but a later printing,
> > as used at the time 71-H was released.
> > It also shows we should be careful with descriptions
> by ebay sellers, since the Univ 6
> > cannot be heard.
> >
> > -han enderman
> 
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