[78-L] Spivey... no not THAT Spivey

[David Lennick]

EXCLUSIVE..that's the one. And a credit to General Records, and I still think 
I've seen pressings with Commodore labels.

The Gala set I've only encountered once, in an archive. Taped it. Returned it, 
even.

dl

On 8/8/2011 3:43 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
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> http://www.queermusicheritage.us/oct2000ms.html
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> BILLBOARD NOV 1 1947
> advert
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> album 50 Spivy  Naughty-Nice Lady of Naughty-Nice Songs
>   Surrealist
>   I Didn;t Do a Thing Last Night
>   Madame's Lament
>   Auntie;s Face
>   100% American Girl
>   Wife of an Acrobat
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> 5004 V-1 AUNTIE'S FACE  words&  music Guy Monypenny
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> I have the set on a label like Distinguished or some such arms-length name, but
> distributed by Commodore, and it seems to me later pressings might have had
> Commodore labels. (I have it but it's not unpacked yet, so no scanning.) She
> also did a set for Gala or similar label in the late 40s.
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> dl
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> On 8/8/2011 2:32 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> I believe so, yes. The titles, especially the "Buffalo" title, rings a
>> bell. But I do not remember it as being on Commodore.
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
>> On 8/8/2011 8:27 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>>> On 08/08/11 19:23, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>>> Okay, I'm stumped!
>>>> A while ago I bought an album from the 40s on a minor label by an artist
>>>> named Spivey. Not Victoria Spivey, not Sweet Pease Spivey, just Spivey.
>>>> Turns out she was a gay, "blue" piano player with a notorious lounge act
>>>> in New York that many lads went to see as a rite of passage, sort of. I
>>>> cannot find the fool thing. It's hiding somewhere in my collection and
>>>> being very elusive.
>>>> I've tried Googling "Spivey" and "lounge act" and "New York 1940" all to
>>>> no avail.
>>>> I could use a scan of the cover and the notes on the inside cover if
>>>> anyone has this item.
>>>> Meanwhile I'll keep searching.
>>>> Mal "aaaaaargh!" Rockwell
>>>>