[78-L] Velvet Tone (et al.) double-track series

[David Lennick]

The other side was Kate Smith Presents A Memory Program, and that was all new.

dl

On 4/29/2012 6:35 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> I remember hearing one side of that Lewis record.  It was the side with the
> two titles from 2181-D, 'The lonesome road' and 'Dinah'.  I don't know
> whether it was an engineering goof or a deliberate edit made for timing
> considerations, but 'Lonesome road' omitted Ted's spoken 'I'll be on the
> front door goin' out' at its end.
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:26 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> The Ted Lewis longer playing record was dubbed from two singles, but as
>> far as
>> I know that was the only one. It was also the only twelve-incher.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 4/29/2012 6:17 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>>> It's in the Dance Band Discography - by Ben Selvin, mx. 236013-1, Harmony
>>> 6504-H, recorded January 12, 1932.
>>> There were about a dozen issues in this fine-grooved long-playing series
>>> from the 236000 matrix  block, all issued on Harmony-Clarion-Velvetone.
>>> Some were one 5-minute tune, others were two songs on the same side.
>>> Columbia also did a similar group of long-plays, in the 255000 matrix
>>> block, issued as numbers 18000-D and up. All were newly recorded, AFAIK.
>>> Mostly dance medleys.
>>>
>>> Dave W.
>>>
>>> On 4/29/12 5:43 PM, "Harold Aherne"<leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have the discographical data for these ever been published? I looked
>> this
>>>> one
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKR0P8zhX_U
>>>>
>>>> up in the Brooks-Rust Columbia series but found nothing (and likewise,
>>>> nothing
>>>> in the OKeh book). Anyone know if they were "original" recordings or
>>>> dubbed from
>>>> previously-recorded masters?
>>>>
>>>> -HA
>>>>
>>>>
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