[78-L] Jack Jenney on Columbia 78

[David Weiner]

It's a promotional tie-in with the Columbia LP of Jenney recordings that
was issued circa 1951.

Dave Weiner

On 3/14/12 8:44 AM, "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Several years ago I picked up a bunch of radio station 78s mid-40s early
>50s including a few ETs and a batch of DJ issues.  These have prompted
>several questions, but I start with the earliest item in the lot.
> 
>It is Jack Jenney and His Orchestra, Stardust b/w I Walk Alone.  These
>date from late 1939, and were issued on Vocalion/OKeh.  This was a
>short-lived band, only nine issued records (18 sides) but this issue is
>obviously much later.  It has the usual late 1940¹s Columbia Special
>Record for Radio Stations white label ­ flat-topped DJ w/ bow tie,
>stripped shirt etc.  This is pressed from what appears to be original
>masters (both ­A, by the way), complete with the W prefix, identical to
>the same vintage Vocalion/OKehs I have.  Nice record (well, Stardust is,
>anyway), great smooth shellac, in decent shape ­ a keeper.
> 
>The puzzle is that I find no corresponding issues on commercial Columbia
>78, in fact I find no Jenney sides ever issued on Columbia at all.  These
>two were not originally paired on VO/OK and the ³catalog number,² if you
>will, on this DJ disc is 3-G, obviously not a regular issue number but
>only a special-use number ­ so why was this made?  Can¹t imagine it was
>for music service use ­ those would have been only ET format, right?  Was
>there a Jack Jenney memorial album planned and scrapped ­ or issued on
>some other label?  There are others of similar design in this batch, but
>they are all masters of much later vintage, tunes new in late ¹47 early
> ¹48.  Anybody know or offer a good guess why this was pressed?
>
>Rodger
>
>For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
>.
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