[78-L] Yeast Foamer's March

[David Lennick]

Facebook .. goose egg. Win some, lose some.

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On 7/21/2014 10:44 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
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> Ah ha.  Thanks for the new link to the DAHR, hot off the wordpress,
> apparently.  So, it looks like the new and improved version of the EDVR
> search feature works better than the old one.
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> This entry seems to indicate it to have been a recording from a radio
> broadcast, and that would explain the long lead-ins on both sides.  Now I'm
> less inclined to believe this to be a promotional item, but more likely a
> gift premium for loyal listeners who sent in their empty yeast packets and a
> nickel to get this swell new record.  At one time I believed it may have
> been the company band, the boys in the warehouse or something, but it's
> arrangement is way too intricate and well-executed for amateurs, so this
> sure seems a professional studio group (orchestra, with fiddles, yet), and
> it seems too clear to be an AM radio capture, so a direct line feed seems
> likely, but it does end with "this record made..." so maybe it really is a
> studio-only session to sound like radio.  We know that was done more than
> once in those days, too.
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> Yes, Kurt, some time ago I gave a copy to my son, a high school band
> director who grew up listening to this thing.  His wife is from Chicago.  I
> think we have as much chance hearing it from the football field as we have
> to hear In the Gloaming on the Top Ten.
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> Well, did the boys on Facebook dredge up anything on this classic?
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> = Recordings are available for online listening.  = Recordings were issued
> from this master. No recordings issued from other masters. Show only
> matrixes with audio online.
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> CompanyMatrix NumberSizeFirst Take DateTitlePrimary PerformerDescription
> VictorBVE-6423010-in.9/22/1930The Yeast Foamers' marchHarry Kogan ; 2Radio
> broadcast: BandVictorBVE-6423110-in.9/22/1930In the gloamingYeast Foamers'
> OrchestraRadio broadcast: Vocal performance, with orchestra
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> Discography of American Historical Recordings
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> From: Rodger Holtin [<mailto:rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
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> Many of us know and love this record. Kurt uses it as his theme song forthe
> bidder shows. What do we really know about this record? 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 byChauncey Parsons,
> Yeast Foam's Magic Tenor. Northwestern Yeast Company,Chicago, Illinois. The
> announcer has a strong Chicago accent. For starters, the mx is not in the
> Victor Master Book as it was not intendedfor issue on a domestic commercial
> record. It falls, however, between 64087on April 2, 1931 and 64301, six
> months EARLIER on October 7, 1930. Most ofthe 64000, and 64100 and 64200 are
> all missing, including the Foamers. Anyexplanation where those blocks may
> have been allocated? That's nearly 300missing matrices. Whenever it was
> made, it post-dates the current EDVR status, but ChaunceyParsons shows up on
> a pair of tests made
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>    in 1926. Neither the band norHarry Kogan show up on EDVR, but Harry and
> Chauncey namesakes show up onfacebook. Northwestern Yeast recipe books seem
> to show up pretty regularly,but I have not scoped out any histories
> indicating a date of demise oranything else. Does anybody know the story
> behind this record? It's obviously andadvertising promotion, but has anybody
> seen an original sleeve or mailerwhich may give us some clues? Rodger For
> best results use Victor Needles
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