[78-L] Identification on Test Pressings

[David Lennick]

Now I'm getting confused..is it the Ponselles or Kern & Potter? Their 
Whispering Hope was recorded January 22, 1915.

dl

On 1/14/2012 1:34 PM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
> Thanks Don - Can I ask how you were able to figure it out? I do hear the
> them say the words Whispering Hope!
> Malcolm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Chichester
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:21 PM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Identification on Test Pressings
>
>
> "Whispering Hope", Grace Kerns-Mildred Potter, vocal duet w/orch, 1-15-22,
> Col A-1686, mx 39792-1-2-3 Rust, Columbia Vol II)
>
> Don Chichester
>
>
>> From: malcolm at venerablemusic.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:33:13 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Identification on Test Pressings
>>
>> Nope - Not Spanish and not 12". The first line in the chorus is Wait Till
>> The Darkness is Over.
>> Malcolm
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Lennick
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:23 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Identification on Test Pressings
>>
>> Any chance that the duet is in Spanish? 5xxx matrix numbers are Spanish
>> and
>> Mexican, and 5xxx catalog numbers have to be twelve-inch.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/14/2012 12:05 PM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
>>> Great - I could not make out the artists, but now see it's Yerkes. They
>>> are
>>> 10" and the first is A3091 as you suspected.
>>> The second is almost surely a 5 as the first number but the other three
>>> are
>>> tough. Could be 5883 or 5683??
>>> Are they definitely Columbias?
>>> Malcolm
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Lennick
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:58 AM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Identification on Test Pressings
>>>
>>> The first one is Yerkes Orchestra, intended as Columbia A3091..that much
>>> is
>>> visible on the label, but there's no numerical listing in the Columbia
>>> books
>>> so
>>> off to Tyrone's site we go..
>>>
>>> ..and that doesn't help because according to it, A3091 is in the
>>> Educational
>>> Series and is the Columbia Orchestra playing March of the Little Lead
>>> Soldiers
>>> and Venetian Love Song, both recorded in the mid 1910s.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 1/14/2012 11:43 AM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
>>>> Hello Everyone – I just picked up 2 test pressings and have no idea how
>>>> to
>>>> trace them back for artist&  title information.
>>>> They are from the early 20s. TP_1 is mainly a xylophone solo with
>>>> typical
>>>> orchestra background&  TP_2 is a female vocal duet.
>>>>
>>>> The markings on TP_1 A5091. TP_2 is harder to read, but the numbers
>>>> appear
>>>> to be 5683?? There is nothing in the dead wax of either pressing.
>>>>
>>>> Here are links to view the labels -
>>>>
>>>> http://www.venerableradio.com/TP_1.jpg
>>>> http://www.venerableradio.com/TP_2.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Malcolm
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