[78-L] The Columbia Laughing Record?

Mike Daley mikedaley at gmail.com
Thu Aug 11 21:24:46 PDT 2011


I have the Perfect laughing record, "Some Laughs" with "Cohen Talks About
The Ladies" by Monroe Silver on the flip.


On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Oh, I've also had it dubbed..acoustically..on a Canadian Apex pressing. No
> reference to OKeh. This is odd since I thought Compo had the Canadian
> rights to
> OKeh almost from the first lateral days.
>
> dl
>
> On 8/11/2011 10:51 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> > Egad..I've had it in just about every format except the late 45 Mike Biel
> > refers to. Original OKeh, late 20s laminated OKeh, mid 30s dub on
> Vocalion, c.
> > 1950 vinyl OKeh DJ pressing (twice), Happy Face LP and a Boris Rose lp
> where
> > it's played THREE TIMES in succession.
> >
> > Ever hear "Laughing Record" on Silvertone? Not to be believed. Originally
> > titled The Worst Rose of Summer, by Vaughn de Leath, and it sounds as if
> it
> > uses a Gennett sound effects record instead of real laughers. Horrible.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 8/11/2011 4:05 PM, Stewart, Joseph R wrote:
> >> Rodger Holtin wrote,
> >> "I must be the only guy on the list who does not own a copy of the
> famous OKeh Laughing Record..."
> >>
> >> Actually, no, you're not.  I don't have a copy of it.  Never even seen
> one up close. Of course, flea markets in this area (southwest Missouri) are
> (to borrow from Monty Python) so  "uncontaminated" by shellac it's not
> even... funny.
> >>
> >> Randy Stewart
> >> Arts Producer
> >> KSMU
> >> 901 S. National
> >> Springfield MO 65897
> >>
> >>
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