[78-L] Sir Lancelot (was Burl Ives)

[David Lennick]

Okay, that's something I have never seen before. Mercury took over Keynote, 
that's for sure, but I've never seen a paste-over label like that one. My 
Mercury set is all original labels, although it's also shellac..later blue 
label discs are a light compound, breakable (maybe not so after 1949) but 
quieter surfaces. As noted, the Mercury 78 album substituted Donkey 
City/Neighbor for The Century of the Common Man/Trinidad is Changing, which was 
in the original Keynote album. All 8 sides are on the lp.

dl

On 8/1/2011 10:55 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Ty's ODP gives no other 78s by Lancelot.
> The huge Keynote jazz LP box shows that unissued mxs may be present somewhere.
> Interesting prefixes used by Keynote at the time (KLP for Lancelot Pinard).
>
> Keynote 544 exists in 2 forms. At first issued as single 78 (no album on label),
> then - with sides reversed ! - as sides 1/2 of album.
>
> An interesting item is ebay # 170675626155
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/78-RPM-SIR-LANCELOT-CALYPSO-KEYNOTE-548-MERCURY-1087-/170675626155?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item27bd0f60ab
>
> It shows Mercury 1087 labels, peeled off the Keynote 548.
> Is this known for other Keynotes/Mercurys?
> I have some label images of Mer 1086-88.
> Title on Mer 1088 has become ... Leave My Door instead of ... Me Door.
>
> The text on the inside cover of Mer Album 46 refers to 6 sides present (!):
> Donkey / Neighbor / Young Girls / Ugly / Central Park / Scandal.
> So was there another 8 title version on 78?
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>> Here we go..Donkey City/Neighbor Neighbor is Keynote K-559, which must have
> been a single. Or were there other Sir Lancelot singles or a second album? The
> matrix numbers surrounding these 8 listed sides go up to KLP 12.
>
> On 7/31/2011 11:51 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> By golly you're right, and those two aren't in the Keynote 78 album (126) but
>> are in the Mercury album (46). And Donkey City for some reason turns up
>> frequently as a loose Keynote 78. The Keynote and Mercury albums have the
>> identical covers and inside liners, but I didn't realize they had one different
>> record!
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 7/31/2011 11:40 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>> Donkey City
>>> Neighbor, Neighbor, Leave Me Door
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:33:36 -0400
>>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Burl Ives (was Double Response)
>>>>
>>>> You're right..it even sounds like Harlem to me. Ah woe, ah me.
>>>>
>>>> I had that Mercury lp..what are the 2 extra tracks? Only 6 in the Keynote album.
>>>> A Night in Central Park
>>>> Ugly Woman
>>>> Scandal in the Family
>>>> The Young Girls Today
>>>> The Century of the Common Man
>>>> Trinidad is Changing
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> On 7/31/2011 11:19 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Listening to Sir Lancelot's version, it is apparent that Burl Ives misheard the name "Holland Man" as "Harlem Man." This references comes from Scarborough, the capital of the island of Tobago (which neighbors Trinidad), which was fought over during its history by the Dutch, French, and English. Holland controlled Tobago in the 1600s, resulting in part of Scarborough being called "Dutch Fort" or "Fort Holland."
>>>>>
>>>>> Cary Ginell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay, he also did a not half bad version of Shame and Scandal in the Family,
>>>>>>>> titled The Harlem Man. (Why "The Harlem Man", I wonder?)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>>>