[78-L] New book marks Columbia's 125th birthday

[David Lennick]

Nothing wrong with a Canadian label since CBS set up the Sparton plant in 1939. 
I have no basic problem with including early OKeh labels up to a point, 
although if Crazy Blues wasn't kept in print by Columbia, then no it doesn't 
belong there.

dl

On 7/31/2012 11:33 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> And isn't the green label Columbia ('Flying home' by Benny Goodman
> Sextet--the US red label issue was on 36721) a Spartan pressing?
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Ryan Barna<ryansrecords1 at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> ALREADY!!! I clicked on the link, and ALREADY saw an error-and-a-half on
>> the front cover. "Crazy Blues" and "Aggravatin' Papa" were not recorded by
>> Columbia. They were recorded by the General Phonograph Corporation, which
>> Columbia did not purchase until 1926. Even though Columbia may own the
>> rights to the Okeh recordings, they had no involvement in recording the
>> masters, or producing the discs prior to '26, and should be omitted from
>> the cover as not to mislead readers. I recommend something more relevant,
>> like a Columbia client brand such as Harmony by either Kate Smith, Rudy
>> Vallee, or Annette Hanshaw, or even a late 1920s Okeh by Louis Armstrong,
>> since Columbia was involved with their production by that time. (Columbia
>> and Okeh shared the same Union Square studio, and also pressed Okeh's
>> discs.) Didn't anyone else notice this? (Should I still not judge a book by
>> its cover?) I never heard of Sean Wilentz. I did a quick search on him and
>> learned that he writes a lot on Bob D
>>   ylan and the rock era, plus other non-music related subjects. Very, very
>> few writers and historians are able to crossover from modern day music to
>> thoroughly researching the earliest commercial sound recordings, which I've
>> realized over the years, takes a lot of extra time, attention, and
>> specialized consultation from others well-versed in the field. (My
>> particular specialty is in sound recordings prior to 1929, and you will not
>> see me voluntarily write about Dylan, the Rolling Stones, or the Beatles
>> because I know I don't possess the knowledge and expertise to do them
>> justice; I'm leaving those to their actual experts.) I would feel more
>> comfortable if Tim Brooks wrote the first third of Columbia's history for
>> the book, then Sean and perhaps some other modern-day music experts can
>> write about rock 'n' roll as much as they feel suitable for book sales. I
>> don't need another book for my local library (not my personal) that I find
>> completely useless in quoting from, or using as
>>    a dependable resource. (I know some of you don't care about this, but
>> just one minor cosmetic detail on the cover -- try and find a "Magic Notes"
>> label without a needle scratch on it, there's probably still thousands of
>> examples out there. Just saying.) Ryan Barna
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