[78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas

[Jeff Sultanof]

The recordings on Bell were produced by Dorsey himself and leased to Bell.
At least this is what I once read. They are higher in quality than the
Deccas as a result.

Jeff Sultanof

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:15 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> I have a few Bells, like Brothers (i.e. Sisters). I also have two of them
> on
> ten inch..no idea whether these were DJ pressings or were actually sold as
> tens.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/19/2011 6:12 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> > What about his Bell 7" 78 rpm sides? I have one called Wanted/I Speak To
> The Stars but I have yet to find any others. If they were also on 45 rpm
> then I haven't seen one.
> >
> >
> >
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Jeff Sultanof<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
> >> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:52 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Tommy Dorsey Deccas
> >>
> >> No, that was his own band. In fact, in 1952, Jimmy joined him.
> >>
> >> The Deccas are a mixed bag. There are some nice vocals by Lynn Roberts,
> and
> >> a nice vocal record by the Beachcombers called "You Could Make Me Smile
> >> Again."
> >>
> >> Jeff Sultanof
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Randy Watts<rew1014 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just listening to a couple of Tommy Dorsey Decca discs from the early
> 50s.
> >>> Did he still have his own orchestra at this point or was he fronting
> studio
> >>> groups? I haven't heard much of his Decca output but these four sides
> are
> >>> all kind of bland.
> >>>
> >>> Randy
> >>
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