[78-L] Leo Reisman Test Pressing - Matrix Mixup?

[Clifford Bolling]

It seems George Wheeler only recorded a few songs for Reisman in his whole career in 1932.  Checking the songs by George Wheeler and Clifton Webb on YouTube, they sound remarkably alike, same voice and style. Could George Wheeler and Clifton Webb be the same person? 
CDB

 

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 From: Clifford Bolling <78records at cdbpdx.com>
To: 78-l Online <78-l at 78online.com> 
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:35 AM
Subject: Leo Reisman Test Pressing - Matrix Mixup? 
  

Rust says this song - A RAINY DAY - was sung by George Wheeler while Kinkle names Clifton Webb.

Rust got the matrix number wrong, wouldn't be a stretch to think he got the singer wrong, too.  Anybody
got a copy of Victor 24157 and does it name the singer?

Thanks!  CDB

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On 25 Mar 2013, at 11:03 AM, Clifford Bolling wrote:

>I have a Victor test pressing from Oct 5, 1932 featuring the Leo Reisman orchestra with a song 
>titled 'A RAINY DAY'.  There is text scratched into the extra large lead-in wax, thus: 
>>BS-73770-1-10/5/32-29-12OR-A4  RAINY DAY REISMAN OR-1HT12+8/3 (DOM) 
>>I assume the 73770-1 is the matrix number and take number. 

>Look up that matrix number in Rust and 
>it shows 'WOULDJA FOR A BIG RED APPLE', recorded the same day and apparently rejected. 
>Then, Rust shows the matrix number for 'A RAINY DAY' as 73764-1 and released on Victor 24157. 
>>I do not have a regular issued copy of A RAINY DAY so I don't know what matrix and take number it shows, 
>but I'd bet it isn't the number on this test pressing - 73770. 
>>Any comments?