[78-L] Yeast Foamer's March

[Kurt Nauck]

My nephew is a Senior in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band this year. 
They are the largest military style marching band in the world, and a 
100+ year institution at A&M.

A few months ago I gave a copy of the YFM to their band director with 
the suggestion that it would be a great march to add to their 
repertoire. Not expecting anything to happen, but it would be totally 
cool to see them performing it in Kyle Field at half time during the LSU game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA9jTYvq8ss

At 10:02 PM 7/20/2014, you wrote:

>Many of us know and love this record.  Kurt uses it as his theme song for
>the bidder shows.
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>What do we really know about this record?
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>All copies I have seen are white label Victor specials with gold print,
>bearing mx 64230-2 for The Yeast Foamer's March by Yeast Foamer's Orchestra,
>direction of Harry Kogan; and 64231-1 for the flip side, In the Gloaming by
>Chauncey Parsons, Yeast Foam's Magic Tenor.  Northwestern Yeast Company,
>Chicago, Illinois.  The announcer has a strong Chicago accent.
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>For starters, the mx is not in the Victor Master Book as it was not intended
>for issue on a domestic commercial record.  It falls, however, between 64087
>on April 2, 1931 and 64301, six months EARLIER on October 7, 1930.  Most of
>the 64000, and 64100 and 64200 are all missing, including the Foamers.  Any
>explanation where those blocks may have been allocated?  That's nearly 300
>missing matrices.
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>Whenever it was made, it post-dates the current EDVR status, but Chauncey
>Parsons shows up on a pair of tests made in 1926.  Neither the band nor
>Harry Kogan show up on EDVR, but Harry and Chauncey namesakes show up on
>facebook.  Northwestern Yeast recipe books seem to show up pretty regularly,
>but I have not scoped out any histories indicating a date of demise or
>anything else.
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>Does anybody know the story behind this record?  It's obviously and
>advertising promotion, but has anybody seen an original sleeve or mailer
>which may give us some clues?
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>Rodger
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>For best results use Victor Needles
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Kurt Nauck
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