[78-L] Gene Autry Conqueror Album

[Michael Biel]

On 8/18/2011 7:05 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
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>    It's interesting to hear from other posts that the first two
> Conqueror numbers (8629, 8968) also appear in their copies. Checking
> the Abrams file for Conqueror, I see 9386/9 is a block of Gene Autry
> numbers, and would logically think those numbers would comprise the
> album. Apparently not...?
>
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I was planning on posting about this earlier today but my computor froze 
up.  I looked the records up in Russell and was surprised that the other 
two recordings in the March 12, 1940 session for 9388 and 89 were 
released on 9387,  and that two of the three recordings in his previous 
session -- six months earlier on Sept 12, 1939 -- were released on 
9390.  Considering that the other recording in that session was released 
way back on 9305, there probably was a long gap of time from the point 
the two for 9390 were released.  Was there planning for an album???  And 
then they decided to only use two of the four discs and substitute two 
earlier discs??? (By the way, I don't see 9386.  Is your block of four 
correct?)   These were all the last ones that were issued on Vocalion 
and moved over to OKeh.  All the later issues were only on OKeh, so 
although there is practically no convergence with between Conqueror and 
Vocalion/OKeh numbering, it might mean that these Conquerors came out 
before June or July 1940.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

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>
>> ...The title on the spine is "GENE AUTRY Ballads"  and on the cover
>> "BALLADS OF THE WEST / SUNG BY//Gene Autry / CONQUEROR"  with his name
>> in larger italics.  If the records are not pre-selected, are any
>> and ALL
>> the recordings of Autry on Conqueror "western ballads"??  It is not
>> titled "Gene Autry Sings", it is titled "Ballads of the West".
>>
>> 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
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