[78-L] How's this for chutzpah?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Hmmm... Hadn't known that Decca released anything on Broadway. Good to know.
Mal

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On 11/3/2013 3:39 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> It's also on Varsity 6008. The Joe Davis is actually a very good dub and
> there's a vinyl test which labels it as Joe Davis but uses the same stampers as
> the Varsity, which is an adequate transfer but has surface noise. (I found a
> Paramount, no Broadway..Decca reissued a few of this group's discs using the
> Broadway label and matrix numbers.)
>
> dl
>
> On 11/3/2013 1:39 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> "I'm Leaning On The Lord" depends from Paramount masters and originally
>> appeared on Pm 13119A circa January 1932. Then Champion got it (Ch
>> 50056), also in early 1932. It was released on Decca 7446 in September,
>> 1939. Then Joe Davis 7000 came out around late 1945 / early 1946. There
>> is no immediate indication that it appeared on Broadway a-tall.
>> I didn't think that the Champion 50000 series came out as early as 1932,
>> though, but it began c. March, 1935 with Paramount and QRS masters from
>> as early as 1928.
>> Phew!
>> Mal
>>
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>> On 11/2/2013 6:13 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Another story of someone claiming a copyright he hasn't the slightest claim
>>> on..I've seen I'M LEANING ON THE LORD by the Famous Blue Jay Singers of
>>> Birmingham on Champion, Decca and Varsity (it was probably on a late Paramount
>>> or Broadway as well), but somehow when it's reissued on Joe Davis 7000, and
>>> retitled I AM LEANING ON THE LORD, it acquires a credit, "arranged by Joe
>>> Davis" and an ASCAP designation. Same original recording. (I gotta read his
>>> book one of these years.)
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>>