[78-L] Davy Jones dies

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Wed Feb 29 15:07:26 PST 2012


And what of the lovely Zanaida Hannenfeld, hmmmm? (I'm A Dreamer/Love Your 
Smell is Everywhere, Victor Saloon Orchestra, VI 22296, Jan. 17/30)

There was also at least one Canadian Victor by the "Victor Theremin", Lonesome 
Lover as I recall. And a couple of sides played by Leon Theremin in April 1929, 
unissued.

dl

On 2/29/2012 5:54 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> 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
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