[78-L] HRS duplicated numbers

[Michael Biel]

I think you will probably find the answer (and detailed lists of all the
issues) in Geoffrey Wheeler's "Collectors Guide to Jazz on Bootleg and
Reissue 78s", a book everybody NEEDS to own, or more likely his "Jazz By
Mail", another NECESSARY book.

http://jazzrecordcenter.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2170
http://jazzrecordcenter.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=476

I'd give you the answer but I am not near my copies.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


-------- Original Message --------
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Thought the McPartlands predated the Caiden era but I don't actually have them 
> to check on the labels. The Stewarts are definitely HRS, 303 Fifth Avenue NY, 
> not Empire Record Corp.  dl

On 11/20/2011 5:40 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
>> These were recorded for HRS by Decca and I suspect that there was still
>> some money owed to Decca and they repo-ed the masters. The McPartland
>> sides do not appear in a 1953 inventory that is attached to Eli
>> Oberstein's lease of HRS material. Maybe Jack Caiden just wanted
>> to forget the whole business. DJD

From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
>>> Anyone know the story behind HRS using the same catalog numbers twice?
>>> I have HRS 1003& 1004, which are 1939 Rex Stewart sides featuring Django.
>>> According to Ty's site, 1003& 1004 are also Jimmy McPartland recordings
>>> originally cut by Decca in 1936.dl