[78-L] Nan BlaKstone question

[David Lennick]

On 7/26/2011 10:01 PM, Jack Raymond wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Mostly for David Diehl, unless anyone else can answer this one..I have
>> two copies of NAN BLAKSTONE'S "NEW HUSH-HUSH ALBUM", both
>> ten-inch..Jubilee LP 1 (with liner notes) and LP 2000 (without 'em),
>> same cover. Same tracks on each, but listed in different sequence on
>> the labels..but both ARE exactly the same sequence, with LP2000
>> mislabelled and containing corresponding matrix numbers for the
>> individual tracks. Very odd. Looks as if they intended to alter the
>> sequence but somebody didn't bother, and just cut new masters from the
>> original tape. ORIGINAL ISSUE (I think..has "Jubilee" in script
>> letters) SIDE ONE (NB 1, 2, 3) 1. LIFE ON DONKEY ISLAND 2. LET'S FALL
>> IN LOVE 3. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WAC SIDE TWO (NB 4, 5, 6) 4.
>> BLAKSTONE'S SECRET PASSION 5. BLAKSTONE'S TORCH SONG 6. MY BOY FRIEND
>> ELMER LATER ISSUE (jubilee, lower case, underscored except for the
>> "j") SIDE ONE (NB 1, 2, 6) 1. LIFE ON A DONKEY ISLAND (sic) 2. LET'S
>> FALL IN LOVE 3. MY BOY FRIEND ELMER SIDE TWO (NB 3, 4, 5) 4.
>> BLAKSTONE'S SECRET PASSION 5. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WAC 6. BLAKSTONE'S
>> TORCH SONG But as I say, the second version plays exactly the same as
>> the first one. What's going on here? dl
>
> In case it's of possible interest,  my copy is on HushHush 78rpm album
> HH-1.  Contents are the same. Sequence is Life on Donkey Island, Let's
> Fall in Love, My Boy Friend Elmer, Blakstone's Secret Passion, He Should
> Have Been a WAC, Blakstone's Torch Song.
>
> -- Jack Raymond

Also noted that on one of the pressings (I think it's the later one) I can hear 
78RPM surface noise at the start of side 2 cut 1.

dl