[78-L] Lu Watters

[Cary Ginell]

I have the Mercury 78 of 11050. It was included in the 10" 78 rpm album of Watters sides (C-103). Twelve sides in all were cut on January 15, 1950 at Hambone Kelly's in El Cerrito, California, where Watters had his base at the time. Norman Granz had an arrangement with Mercury to issue his own recordings for the label. Soon after the records were made, Granz started Clef and took over recordings Watters made for Down Home in 1949 and 1950. All twelve of the sides were issued on both Mercury and Clef, using the same catalog numbers. Here are the pairings:

11025  Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / Doin' the Hambone
11026  Weary Blues / Ace in the Hole
11050  Skid-Dat-De-Dat / Emperor Norton's Hunch
11051  Sage Hen Strut / When the Saints Go Marching In
11052  Ace in the Hole / Antigua Blues
11057  St. Louis Blues / Broken Promises

11050, 11051, & 11502 were issued in the Mercury album C-103. The album has a David Stone Martin cover. Here is the 10-inch LP version. 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lu-Watters-Jazz-Mercury-103-10-INCH-DSM-/200923091094?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2ec7f31096

In June or July 1950, eight more sides were issued by Mercury/Clef:

11065  Royal Garden Blues / Shake That Thing
11077  Tin Roof Blues / Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives to Me
11081  Doctor Jazz / Beale Street Blues
11090  Irish Black Bottom / Sweet Georgia Brown

The above were all co-issued on 78 as well as 45 rpm.

Cary Ginell



On Jul 7, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes, that's it, although Ty doesn't show it in his Mercury listing. 
> Perhaps it was only issued on Clef?
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>      Julian Vein
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> On 07/07/13 19:13, david.diehl at hensteeth.com wrote:
>> Almost certainly a mistranscription of Mercury 11050.
>>  http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/discography-1950/
>> DJD
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>> Ty's Majestic listing shows:11050 Lu Watters "Emperor Norton's Hunch" and "Skid Da De Dat". No other details. So, what was the source? Julian Vein_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
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