[78-L] Carson Robison [fwd]

[Royal Pemberton]

What are the catalogue and matrix numbers of this Robison disc?

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Mike Harkin <xxm.harkin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Beecham may very well conducted 'an orchestra of Texans'.  He was in the
> US during
> much of WW2,conducting the NYPSO and the Seattle SO.  I'd not be surprised
> to find
> that he guested at Dallas or Houston.  He had a knack of taking 2nd rank
> orch's and raising them near the levvel of the LPO....
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> --- On Sun, 5/13/12, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Carson Robison
> To: "78-L at 78online.com" <78-L at 78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:47 PM
>
> I came across an interesting record the other day, (I just realized I seem
> to use that opener a lot);  I was going to ask the list about it but then I
> realized that a couple of years ago I purchased the book, "Country Music
> Records" by Tony Russell when I was attending ARSC and it has all the
> answers.  The record is a 12 inch Columbia disc which looks like it belongs
> to the "Viva~Tonal" era but this is an English Pressing.  It's by Carson
> Robison and his Pioneers and is entitled "Hill Billy Songs - Medley Parts 1
> & 2".  This recording was apparently made in 1932 in London England;  I
> don't think it was ever released in the U.S.  It's a wonderful treasure
> which I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to; the sound is incredibly fine
> but it's hard to imagine such an American icon working with British
> engineers and producers;  it's almost as incongruous as imagining Sir
> Thomas Beecham conducting an orchestra of Texans.
>
> db
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