[78-L] more teejus questions from a beginner

[David Lennick]

And Harry Reser's 6 Jumping Jacks are the 7 Little Polar Bears on Cameo, as I 
recall.

dl

On 10/3/2011 12:16 AM, Harold Aherne wrote:
> 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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