[78-L] Judy Canova Records

[Bud Black]

Didn't Judy Canova record for Decca?  I have her Decca of "Well Well" which states on the label that the tune is from her movie "Sis Hopkins."

Bud

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On Mar 16, 2012, at 10:10 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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
>> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com            
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