[78-L] WOR Feature record

[David Lennick]

There was a WOR label..about 12 releases, I think. The one you have is pictured 
here (scroll down to WOR if necessary but it may go right to the label) 
alongside one with a more common label with only one microphone.
http://78rpmrecord.com/labelview.cfm?whichTask=Search&searchFor=WOR%20Feature

dl

On 8/19/2012 9:21 PM, Chad Rinne wrote:
>
> yesterday I found a 10" 78 Record with a label "WOR Feature" (with a 44 microphone on each side of WOR) it's a recording of:
>
> "People will say We're in Love"
>> From the Musical Comedy
> "Oklahoma"
> Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers
> Jan Garber and his Orchestra
> Vocal by Gwen Davies
> 1002-B
> M-4
> (matrix number "WOR 4-1)
> around the outside edge of the label is ways "Radio" 19 times, and WOR Recording Studio - New York, N.Y.
>
> I don't think I've heard whether WOR did recording for commercial releases, is this the case? if so did they do this a lot? or could this be a recording from of the air? and is this the same Gwen Davies that was on Let's Pretend?
>
> on the other side:
>
> Long Ago
> (and far away)
>> From the Columbia Musical Picture
> "Cover Girl"
> Ira Gershwin - Jerome Kern
> Jan Garber and his Orchestra
> Vocal by Bob Davis
> 1002-A
> M-1
> (matrix number "WOR 1)
>
> Any information on this recording would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Chad
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