[78-L] Orphaned?

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Apr 5 10:18:17 PDT 2013


Found it (that "worst Mikado"). On a Canadian Sparton issue, no less! Here are 
more details than you want about it:

http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/mikroyale.htm

dl

On 4/5/2013 12:07 PM, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
> There's a detailed look at Obie's Mikado at: http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/mikroyale.htm
> Donald isn't real generous about quoting sources, one of which is
> "Call It Bootlegging But It's Legal" - Eli Oberstein and the Coarse Art of Indie Record Production ARSC Journal 31:2 [Fall 2000] p. 282-293
> Savoy issued everything from USRC of jazz interest in the 1950's. It has some metal parts and tests but no proof of ownership. Obie and Lubinski seem to have worked together on a handshake basis and swapped a lot of material.
> PRI bought Rondo after Eli's death. Hudson was sold to Pickwick International, which also ended up with PRI but except for a Jack Teagarden side no Varsity material was included. I have a Franklin Mint reissue of a Jerry Wald side from Hit which credits a JKL Productions but that could simply be the initials of the collector who supplied the disc. Good luck...
>   DJD
> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records
> http://www.hensteeth.com
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> Interesting..I wonder if I have that Mikado? I know I have the Egon Petri albums (which have turned up on a couple of labels).dlOn 4/5/2013 8:16 AM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:>  On 4/4/2013 11:25 PM, David Lennick wrote:>>  Does anyone now own the Oberstein material from Varsity, Royale, Elite etc?>>  Savoy (or whoever now owns that label)? Scimitar (which went bankrupt, I>>  think)? Anyone?>>>>  dl (on behalf of someone who might want to steal a track)>>>>>>  No specific mention of his doing any recording here.>>  I read this some time ago when I realized Lou Breese had a few>  recordings (one record) on the Elite label, one of them being a Varsity>  crossover.>  http://www.donaldclarkemusicbox.com/encyclopedia/detail.php?s=2735>  Quite a character. Anyone who could get under Petrillo's skin must have>  been something.>_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
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