[78-L] Glenn Osser Silvertone

[Jeff Sultanof]

Mistake: I meant to say that both titles were NOT issued on LP.

Sorry.

Jeff

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am pretty sure it is Mercury given that Osser was one of their chief
> arranger/conductors during that period. I've checked a listing of Mercury
> LPs and both titles were issued in that format.
>
> As I've posted here before, there is a Vic Damone LP on Mercury which has
> an instrumental version of Time On My Hands, an obvious error. I've been
> trying for years to determine who recorded it. When I heard the Silvertone
> yesterday, I strongly suspect that it is Osser as well.  It is also over 4
> minutes.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:16 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> As far as I know, those Silvertones (which also included a lot of Vic
>> Damone,
>> some classical stuff by Georges Enesco and vocalists like Lisa della Casa)
>> date
>> from 1946. Many of them were reissued on Mercury lps in 1950. I don't know
>> if
>> Mercury did the original recording..it's possible, but physically they
>> resemble
>> Concert Hall and other New York based labels which also used red vinyl.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 8/12/2011 12:12 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>> > I've just heard Silvertone 10 A and B courtesy of YouTube. It is a 12"
>> 78 of
>> > Whispering and Stardust, arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser.
>> >
>> > I am aware that this was a Sears product, but I wonder whether there is
>> a
>> > Mercury equivalent somewhere. I'm almost positive that it was never
>> issued
>> > on LP.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have the Greenwood Press Mercury discography handy and can
>> give
>> > me a recording date? Also, were there any additional sides recorded (I
>> have
>> > a suspicion that TIme on My Hands was also recorded on the same day).
>> >
>> > Also, what would the original Silvertone cost at the time?
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> > Jeff Sultanof
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