[78-L] Harold Arlen question

[Don Cox]

On 17/01/2013, Don Cox wrote:

> On 17/01/2013, Don Cox wrote:
> 
>> On 16/01/2013, David Lennick wrote:
>> 
>>> The reason this has come up is because the Living Era Harold Arlen
>>> CD has been reissued as part of a double set on Retrospective, and
>>> in neither case was WOODY credited with the vocal. Neither the
>>> labelmeister nor I have any idea how that got missed, and the
>>> reissue has been reviewed in Jazz Journal, taking us to task for
>>> implying that Arlen was the sole vocalist on this track.
>>> 
>>> As I recall, the MCA CD was a bad transfer. I can hear the overlap
>>> on my Naxos issue. Slight, but there.
>>> 
>> If the Proper transfer was taken from the MCA, that would explain why
>> I can't hear a second voice.
>> 
>> Or it might be my hearing.
>> 
> I listened again at a higher volume and now agree with everyone else.
> 
> It is definitely Arlen singing the line "My Momma done tol' me".
> 
> But this made me realise I need some better-transferred versions of
> classic Herman recordings, so I will get DL's three Naxos CDs.
> 
The Naxos disc arrived, and DL's transfer is much clearer than the one
in the Proper Box. (Not surprising.)

It is now perfectly clear that Arlen is the second singer. 

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox at enterprise.net