[78-L] Gene Autry Conqueror Album

[Michael Biel]

On 8/17/2011 12:47 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> Mike, you hit the jackpot. The first three records on your list are the IDENTICAL ones that are in mine! The fourth disc (for which someone replaced in your set with an OKeh release) is Cq 9389 (Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye / When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget), which is probably the one that was supposed to be in that fourth slot.
>
> Cary

This is fantastic news.  Short of finding a listing in a Sears catalog, 
this would be the only way to determine not only the specific contents 
but that there actually WERE specific contents.  Now, if we could only 
find out about that Jimmie Rogers album!  For those who haven't checked 
out my ARSC album cover presentation, I did determine the three specific 
records in the 1926 Victor Mother's Day album, the specific records in 
the November 1926 Orthophonic sampler album -- and that you could 
request your dealer change any or all of the contents -- and that the 
1926 Christmas album was empty to be filled IN THE STORE  by your 
choices which did not have to be Christmas records.  I still feel that 
the Jimmy Rogers album had specific records in it.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>> My copy had three Conqueror records and one purple label OKeh the dealer
>> put in to fill the album and because he thought that the OKeh was even
>> earlier (it's not, of course). There's no guarantee that the Conqueror
>> discs came with the album, but if these are found in other copies, it
>> might be an indication.
>>
>> Conqueror
>> 8629  Mexicali Rose  C-1194-1
>>              Nobody's Darling But Mine  DAL-125-1
>> 8968  There's A Gold Mine In the Sky LA-1530-B
>>               Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon LA-1531-B
>> 9388A El Rancho Grande LA-2176-A
>> 9388B The Singing Hills LA-2174-A
>> OKeh  (purple)  (not a part of the original album)
>> 6728 Don't Fence Me In  H-1143-1
>>             Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas  H-1145-1
>>
>> There is significance about the spine printing.  It is vivid silver
>> which is indicative of ARC, although not exclusively so.  Al  What might
>> be more important is that there is a number on the spine, 5987, and
>> under that it says Four Records and has the Conqueror crown and C in a
>> silver circle at the bottom.  Could that number 5987 be a Sears catalog
>> order number?   There are Autry Conqueror releases right through 1942,
>> but this album has more of an ARC look than a CBS look. I'd love to have
>> more details of its date and content.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com