[78-L] Archive - Collector - do you have Apollo 1067 ??

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Sep 19 13:47:52 PDT 2011


I WANT BE LOVED (BUT ONLY BY YOU): AP 3089
OLD DEVIL MOON: AP 3090

And Jerry Jerome is credited.

dl

On 9/19/2011 4:18 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> Hi David,
>    THANKS for finding the disc - can you provide the matrix numbers please!
>    Is Jerry Jerome credited on the label? (He was A&R for Apollo for a few years).
> Again, Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
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>
> Found it! Apollo 1067 is definitely Gordon MacRae doing Old Devil Moon/I Want
> to Be Loved.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/13/2011 9:46 AM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>
>> Repeating this request - there must be a copy somewhere....
>>
>> In 78discography Apollo 1067 is listed as:
>>     1067 Connee Boswell w. Jerry Jerome Old Devil Moon - - - 4/24/1947 -
>>     1067 Connee Boswell w. Jerry Jerome I Wanna Be Loved - - - 4/24/1947 -
>>
>> [78discography lists 1045 as McRae rather than MacRae]
>>
>> however a Billboard review  July 12, 1947 lists it as a Gordon MacRae recording (with Jerry Jerome Orch)
>>
>> Can someone provide label scans, or label text for an actual copy of 1067 ?
>>
>> Perhaps it is an error scanning billboard, but it shows up in multiple places.
>>
>> Given the poor review, and the move to Capitol (canceling the Apollo contract), perhaps Apollo withdrew
>> the disc and reused the number ???
>>
>> Any other hypotheses ???
>>
>> THANK YOU.
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>
>>


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