[78-L] Recording dates

[Damian's 78s]

27th November 1929, in fact. Issued on English Columbia DX126

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--- On Fri, 1/4/13, David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net>
Subject: [78-L] Recording dates
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Date: Friday, January 4, 2013, 6:37 AM

While on the subject of recording dates, guys, any ballpark date would be
appreciated for another disc I got recently, also an American issue of an
English recording -








        Columbia Light Opera Company-Florodora Vocal Gems  - Columbia 12"
50329-D (WAX-5272/5273)

End 1929


Thanks,
Dave





On 1/3/13 10:23 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>I'm thinking 1926..matrices are a little higher than Fred Astaire's Lady
>Be
>Good sides. Levant may have had a gig as Wiedoeft's accompanist for a
>while,
>maybe? Time to dig out Memoirs of an Amnesiac and the one that followed.
>(Not
>Smattering of Ignorance, that was in 1940. All very entertaining books.)
>
>Melody was also known as "Dawes Melody". Tommy Dorsey recorded it on Red
>Seal.
>Dawes was an ex vice president..can't remember to whom. I have that disc
>on
>English Columbia.
>
>dl
>
>On 1/3/2013 9:17 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>> Speaking of Oscar Levant, just got a Rudy Wiedoft 78 on Columbia,
>>1053-D,
>> with Oscar Levant given label credit as accompanist on both sides.
>>English
>> Columbia matrices too - A3645/A3653, "Melody" (same tune as "It's All in
>> the Game") and "Song of the Volga Boatmen" - anyone have an idea of
>> recording dates?  Wonder what Levant was doing in England?

mid-1926.  Info from Oakwood Columbia book....  Mike in Plovdiv
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 1/3/13 12:28 AM, "Markcantor"<markcantor at aol.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Years ago I shared films with Arnold Brilhart and Mannie Klein,
>>> fortunately on a number of occasions.  For what it's worth, Arnold
>>> identified the C-melody sas as Jack Pettis (I think we all knew this)
>>>and
>>> the pianist as Oscar Levant.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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