[78-L] Almanac Singers first album

[David Lennick]

Nope, THREE Keynote albums..you're forgetting Talking Union!

dl

On 3/26/2014 7:56 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> The 6 Songs for Democracy was also issued on the THEME label, ebay:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/371027875821?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_1200wt_885
>
> There were 2 Almanac Singers albums from Keynote - Songs for John Doe, and Dear Mr. President K-111 which was
> issued after Hitler invaded the Soviet Union causing the party line to change from Peace to support the War.
> BILLBOARD JUNE 27, 1942; JULY 4 1942
>
> [Hitler invaded Russia JUNE 1941, Songs for John Doe withdrawn and masters(stampers?) destroyed.....]
>
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>
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>
> This begins to make sense if Songs For John Doe was intended as K-102 before
> Keynote put some distance between themselves and it, but 6 Songs was originally
> Music Room 101 and the Topic-sourced set was Music Room 102..maybe MR 102
> disappeared quickly and the two numbers became Keynote album numbers.
>
> dl
>
> On 3/26/2014 3:59 PM, Jack Raymond wrote:
>> In case it's of interest, the 1943 Keynote catalog lists albums K101
>> (Six Songs for Democracy) through K114 (Fighting Men of Norway), but
>> there is no mention of an Album K102.   The 1944 Keynote catalog,
>> however, lists Early American Ballads as Album K-102.
>>
>> -- Jack Raymond
>>
>> Han Enderman wrote:
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>>> Keynote Album 101 (6 Songs For Democracy: Discos De Las Brigadas Internacionales) had been issued in 1940(?).
>>> Can it be confirmed that the Almanac number (102) was actually the next number in the Keynote 100 series ?
>>> There is however a real Keynote Album K-102, Early American Ballads by John&   Lucy Allison.
>>> Remarkable is the K prefix, which does not occur on the cover of early Keynote albums.
>>> When was K-102 issued and was this cat.nr used to fill the gap in the numerical album list?
>>
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