[78-L] Decca edits, was Re: HANS EISLER in Hollywood ?

[David Lennick]

Lost Horizon has to be one..it's 4 78s, if I recall correctly. For Moby Dick, 
they used two sides of a ten-inch lp.

Cast albums were also shortened for lp (Carmen Jones lost 2 sides, Song of 
Norway had some passages shortened drastically, Bloomer Girl lost a couple of 
half sides, Oklahoma Volume 2 never made it to lp until the 70s or 80s in a box 
set).

And the Paul Whiteman Gershwin album had its sides joined for the lp, then 
chopped for the 45 version. But somebody at Decca hated ambience, last notes, 
trailing out..lots of chopped endings on early lp reissues.

dl

On 4/15/2013 10:27 AM, Randy Watts wrote:
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> I've heard a couple of Decca's other 78 rpm-era literary efforts that I didn't realize had been shortened for LP reissue until I heard the 78s.
>
> Randy
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> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 9:18 PM CDT David Lennick wrote:
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>> I wonder if there was also a 10-inch 78 Deccalite issue or if they just went to
>> 45s? (40177/8 would be the 78 reissue if it existed.)
>>
>> Slightly off this topic, the Ronald Colman side of the lp was cut by at least 2
>> minutes because it was too long for an lp side in '49. I wonder if DG ever
>> restored the cuts? Probably wouldn't have known they were ever made.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 4/14/2013 10:10 PM, Randy Watts wrote:
>>> Ruppli has "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas" recorded in four parts (L-3577 through L-3580) on September 5, 1944, Los Angeles, and originally issued in 78 rpm album DA-379 as DA-29151 and DA-29152. Later on the LPs you cite, as well as 45 rpm set 9-72 as 9-40177 and 9-41078.
>>>
>>> "The Oldest Christmas Story" and "The Story of the Three Wise Men" recorded September 8, 1944, Los Angeles, and originally issued as 23365 and later on 45 rpm as 9-23365.
>>>
>>> Randy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    >   From: Thomas Stern<sternth at attglobal.net>
>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 8:09 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] HANS EISLER in Hollywood ?
>>>
>>> T hanks David!
>>>
>>> L 3589A  DECCA 23365A  The Oldest Christmas Story (Gospel according to St.Luke)
>>> L 3590A  DECCA 23365B  The Story of the Three Wise Men (Gospel according to
>>> St.Matthew)
>>>
>>> one source states
>>> Mr. Pickwick's Christmas  mx's are L 3577-3580  recorded in Los Angeles,
>>> Sept. 5, 1949
>>>
>>> That would make the LP issue DLA 8010 1949 or 1950!!
>>>
>>> The MCA reissue is MCA 15010
>>> The DG  reissue CD listed as 105 3441
>>>
>>> Can anyone confirm?
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>>
>>>
>>> according to WIKI:
>>> After 1933, Eisler's music and Brecht's poetry were banned by the Nazi
>>> Party. Both artists went into exile. While Brecht settled
>>> in Svendborg, Denmark, Eisler travelled for a number of years, working in
>>> Prague, Vienna, Paris, London, Moscow, Spain, Mexico and
>>> Denmark. He made two visits to the USA, with speaking tours from coast to coast.
>>>
>>> In 1938, Eisler finally managed to get a permanent visa for the USA. In New York
>>> City, Eisler taught composition at New School for
>>> Social Research and wrote experimental chamber and documentary music. In 1942,
>>> he moved to Los Angeles, where he joined Bertolt
>>> Brecht who arrived there in 1941 after travelling from Denmark via Moscow,
>>> Vladivostok and across the Pacific Ocean to California.
>>>
>>> On 26 March 1948, Eisler and his wife, Lou, departed from LaGuardia Airport
>>> flying to Prague.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:55 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] HANS EISLER in Hollywood ?
>>>
>>>
>>> The other Laughton Decca, "The Oldest Christmas Story" and
>>> whatever's on the
>>> reverse.
>>>
>>> Was he in the US when those Timely songs were recorded in 1935-7?
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 4/14/2013 7:18 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    Decca set DA-379            2-12" 78rpm. 1944
>>>>    Decca DL/DL7 8010                 LP     1949
>>>>    MCA Special Markets xxxx          LP     1973
>>>>    Deutsche Grammophon xxxxx         CD     2005
>>>>
>>>>    Mr. Pickwick's Christmas, read by Charles Laughton
>>>>    music composed and directed by Hans Eisler.
>>>>
>>>>    [LP couples this with A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Ronald Colman]
>>>>
>>>>    What other of EISLER's work in the US is on records ???
>>>>
>>>>    THANKS.
>>>>    Best wishes, Thomas.
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