[78-L] Judy Canova Records

[David Lennick]

The cast reunited to make that album. Not sure if it was intended for Camden or 
ended up there after some other arrangement fell apart..some Camdens were 
intended for Vik, the Nancy Walker album was originally issued as a stereo tape 
somewhere else. I'm not aware of any Judy Canova Victors in the 40s.

There should be a recording date on the Golden Age of Comedy album (my copy is 
buried somewhere at the moment). The Camden notes refer to Judy wanting to join 
the current craze for comedy albums and has a 1960 copyright date. Odd 
thing..my Canadian pressing was done by Sparton, not by RCA Canada. Some 
Camdens got farmed out for some reason.

dl

On 3/16/2012 2:37 AM, David Lewis wrote:
>
> Have picked up the LP RCA Camden CAL 662, "Judy Canova." I found my copy without a cover, but by chance, in excellent shape still. I
> can understand why the cover is gone; those Camden albums have thin, cheap covers and they split apart.
>
> Judy made records for RCA Victor in the 1940s. I had thought one of these were used for LPV-580, "The Golden Age of Comedy" (1972).
> But that same track is on this Camden album.
>
> The tracks here sound like straight up routines from her radio program, which ran from 1943 to 1955, a very wide range. They feature
> the same actors who did the show: Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard, Verna Felton, Joseph Kearns and Hans Conreid. Does anyone know if
> this material was taken from airchecks, and whether her 78 issues were drawn from the same pool of airchecks or independently made
> studio recordings? This LP was produced in 1960, which seems a bit early for OTR on vinyl LP for me, though I may simply be familiar
> with the Murray Hill&  Radio Yesteryear stuff that appeared in the late 1960s.
>
> Uncle Dave Lewis
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