[78-L] Columbia 36698 – Special Record For Radio Stations

[David Lennick]

My guess is that it's a reissue..I've had lots of Columbia DJ pressings but 
none on vinyl before 1949 (maybe even 1950). My two cents.

dl

On 4/2/2013 10:34 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
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> Last
> weekend I picked up a copy of Columbia 36698 – “I’ll Get By” and “Flatbush Flanagan”
> by Harry James.  By all accounts, this
> was a hit record, a big seller.  I
> already own 3 or 4 of them with various red label styles, and there were five
> or six of them with various red labels in the same store where I got this one,
> but this is a DJ copy, pressed on vinyl.Â
> Judging from the numbers around this one, I’m guessing it was released
> during the latter part of the ban, early 1944, and Whitburn’s “Pop Memories”*
> reports it hit the charts in April 1944, stayed at # 1 for six weeks, and on
> the chart for a total of 28 weeks – over half the year.  (*I know we hate this book, but after 1940 it
> does have some credibility.)Â  This one
> has the earliest style of DJ white label that I know of, the one with the
> DJ sporting a flat-top haircut, striped shirt and bow tie, in black print.  My question for the Board this evening is:
> how old might this pressing be?  I have
> others with this exact same label that are obviously late second-ban era and even a Tony Bennett from 1951, but this pair of
> James recordings seems way too old to have warranted a DJ copy at that late date  – unless this is an earlier pressing than I
> would have guessed.  “Note the Notes” by Nauck
> and Sherman is not quite detailed enough to narrow this one down.  Anybody know for sure?  Other guesses?
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> Rodger
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