[78-L] Davy Jones dies

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Wed Feb 29 14:54:33 PST 2012


On 2012-02-29 22:23, Brian Bashford wrote:
> I have a UK 78 from 1930 ... Dancing With Tears In My Eyes / Lover, Come
> Back To Me  (HMV 3626) with a theremin  being played by the splendidly named
> Lennington H Shewell. Probably not the first theremin on a 78 but quite
> early.
>
> Brian B.
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Lennington H Shewell was the son of RCA's vice president S Dunbar 
Shewell. RCA manufactured the RCA Theremin, at the time, and 
Lennington's task was to demonstrate the instrument nationwide.
Here are some audio samples from his recordings:
http://www.theremin.info/-/viewpub/tid/22/pid/19
Kristjan







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