[78-L] Cinnamon Bear ETs, WAS: William Frawley records and the Cinnamon Bear

[Sammy Jones]

Cinnamon Bear update:

Upon further inspection some of my discs are black vinyl, some are solid red 
vinyl, and some are translucent red vinyl.  All have Bruce Ellis Program 
Library Service labels, except one disc that has a Bruce Ellis label on one 
side, and the custom-designed Cinnamon Bear label on the other.  An example 
can be seen online here: 
http://www.radioarchives.com/The_Complete_Cinnamon_Bear_p/ra031.htm

Except there's one small difference!  Where David's disc (as represented on 
the Radio Archives site) says Radio Transcription Co. of America, Ltd., this 
lone disc has:

LOU R. WINSTON
1651 Cosmo Street
Hollywood, 28, Calif.

Who was Lour R. Winston?  Possibly the heir to TRANSCO?  This label has a 
handwritten date of 12/17/46, where the Bruce Ellis labels usually have 
multiple dates from the '50s stamped on.

One more note about dates:  One disc has a date from 1960 stamped on it! 
Has it ever been determined when the Cinnamon Bear ceased to be syndicated 
to local markets on 16" ET?  It seems likely that if the program continued 
to be syndicated into the '60s and '70s tape dubs or 12" microgroove 
pressings would have been used.

David, does that Cinnamon Bear promo disc run at 78 rpm?

Sammy Jones


dl wrote:
The Cinnamon Bear was still being syndicated in the 50s..check the FGRA 
website
for label scans of all the versions I had (that was my transfer they 
issued).
I've seen it on red vinyl, black vinyl, and laminated shellac. By the way, I
still have one copy of the promo disc.

Bill Frawley..great album! 1957, mono only.
http://www.bsnpubs.com/dot/dotb.html
Google Bill and you'll find some interesting stories, including one that has
him introducing "Melancholy Baby" to drunken requests..evidently "Sing
Melancholy Baby" has historical truth to it.

dl

On 12/30/2011 4:39 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> I've just returned from my local Atlanta used record store (Wax 'n' Facts 
> on
> Moreland AVE).  No 78s there, but a large selection of LPs.  I came away
> with the following treasure:
>
> Bill Frawley Sings the Old Ones, with the Jack Halloran Singers, and
> orchestra directed by Perry Botkin, Dot DLP 3061
>
> It's a collection with songs from his vaudeville days like "Moonlight Bay"
> and "Shine On, Harvest Moon."  Definitely recorded after "I Love Lucy" 
> began
> in 1951, as it references Frawley being "made famous all over again as 
> Fred
> Mertz."  Any recording details available?
>
> And more to the point, did William Frawley ever make any 78s or cylinders?
> He was born in the 1880s.
>
> On a Christmas-related note, I just got a complete set of the Cinnamon 
> Bear
> on ET.  The discs have Bruce Ellis labels; not Transco...but I guess they
> could be pasteovers.  Anybody know if the Cinnamon Bear was ever repressed
> in the '50s?
>
> Sammy Jones