[78-L] Item Records

[Glenn Longwell]

Geoffrey Wheeler's book on Reissue labels lists Item as being from New York, NY.  Only 201 through 204 are listed.

201 is Lionel Hampton Sweethears on Parade / Shufflin' at the Hollywood (Vi 26254)
202 is Duke Ellington  All Too Soon / Just a Settin' and a Rockin' (Vi 27247 / 27587)
203 is Johnny Hodges Things Ain't What They Used To Be / Squatty Roo(BB 11447)
204 is Jimmie Lunceford Cheatin' On Me / T'aint What You Do (Voc 4582)

No idea on the reason for the asterisk.  Just someone trying to artsy I presume.

Regards,
Glenn

--- On Wed, 8/3/11, Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl> wrote:

From: Han Enderman <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
Subject: [78-L] Item Records
To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 10:44 AM

Ebay # 200559086489 shows Item 204 by Lunceford; pres. the common Voc 1939 recordings.

http://cgi.ebay.com/JIMMIE-LUNCEFORD-ITEM-78-RPM-RECORD-204-JAZZ-/200559086489?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2eb240cb99

202 & 203 are by Ellington (listed by Valburn).

Does anyone have more info about the label, like country, and other issues (201; higher than 204).
About the name: does the asterisk in the letter "i" mean that the label was intended as "Star Item"?

han enderman
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