[78-L] Bluebird BP-2, was Folded Decca album

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Aug 25 20:00:39 PDT 2011


Funny thing..today I ran across The Carolers as a later Victor P- album with 
disc numbers in the 20-19xx range. And I have P-2 as 3 discs in a red pocket, 
not an album.

dl

On 8/25/2011 3:05 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Michael Biel wrote:
>
>> On 8/23/2011 4:22 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>>> I only have one Bluebird set in a folded album, (not a children's
>>> set but BP 2, "Favorite Christmas Carols"),
>>
>> Are you sure it is Bluebird?  If it is conducted by Lew White, I
>> have it
>> pictured as RCA Victor P-2.  The set I photographed was a post-war
>> repackaging into book format, but I have catalog listings of it at the
>> time of original issue.  BP-1 was Artie Shaw, that that was in book
>> form
>> as was Benny Goodman on Victor P-3.
>
> Bluebird Set BP-2 is indeed "Famous Christmas Carols," by The
> Carollers. I have two of the three discs, and am missing the album.
> The records are B-11350/2. The Abrams file lists only B-11350 and
> B-11352, and incompletely at that.
>
> I don't think there was ever a BP-3.
>
> Victor Set P-2, which IIRC has the same or very similar title, is
> indeed by Lew White (organ) with mixed chorus. That one is Victor
> 26049/51.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Joe
> --
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