[78-L] Guy Lombardo

[David Lennick]

On 7/26/2011 8:35 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> On 7/26/2011 8:06 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
>> Greetings from FixitLand!
>>
>> David Burnham wrote:
>>
>>> I just found a recording by Guy Lombardo on the "Melotone" label,
>>> no M13176, with "Villia" on side A and "You or No One" on side B.
>>> I've never seen Lombardo records that aren't on Victor, Columbia,
>>> Decca or Capitol.  Is this a remastering from one of those labels
>>> or was there a Melotone period in Lombardo's career?
>
> This was ARC's retaliation for Jack Kapp jumping ship and starting 35
> cent Decca and taking some of their names with him such as Lombardo and
> Bing.  They put out a whole bunch of these traitors' old records on
> Melotone and reduced the price to a quarter.  Also some on Romeo,
> Oriole, Banner, Perfect, and Vocalion.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

Precisely. I looked through a mid 30s Brunswick catalog and found no Mills 
Brothers, no Lumbago etc..they'd all been moved to the cheapo labels.

dl

>
>> Reissues off Brunswick:
>>
>> 1776 Broadway, New York, 20 December 1932.
>> B 12766-A  Vilia - Brunswick 6466
>>
>> Same studio, 29 August 1933.
>> B 13863-A  You Or No One - Brunswick 6641
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>>
>> Joe
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