[78-L] more teejus questions from a beginner

[Harold Aherne]

Avoiding Cameo and its siblings will mean depriving yourself of some really delightful music
by Messrs. Haring, Van Loan and Lange. The arrangements are cheerful and the recording
quality is, to my ears, better than on some other smaller labels. Here are a couple of
samples of the label's output so you can agree or disagree for yourself (click the label
image for a RealAudio file):
http://www.raeproductions.com/music/calif.html
 
http://www.raeproductions.com/music/skip.html
 
Vaughn de Leath (usually under pseudonyms) and Lucille Hegamin can also be found
on Cameo. In my experience, there's really no reason to avoid pre-1940 records based
on the label alone (unless the brand is specifically devoted to a genre you dislike). 
There are times when Victor released disappointing versions of songs and Grey Gull 
did a wonderful job, so it's difficult to generalise. Just have fun collecting and allow yourself
to discover your own tastes.
 
-HA

--- On Sun, 10/2/11, Rod Brown <raudiobrown at gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Rod Brown <raudiobrown at gmail.com>
Subject: [78-L] more teejus questions from a beginner
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 3:24 PM

And a more generalized question: I gather there are labels one would always
try to buy, e.g. Black Patti. Is there a list of labels one might as well
routinely avoid? I believe I've recently read here that Cameo and Lincoln
were thought of as copy labels. I never buy Tops, for more or less the same
reason. Are there others to judiciously neglect?

As always, many thanks,
Rod
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