[78-L] Yeast Foamer's March

[David Lennick]

Biel was the only one to respond, with a note that there was a radio show but 
he didn't have the details available. Something you'd write in for made the 
most sense to me as well.

dl

On 7/21/2014 10:56 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
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> Maybe they've never heard of it.
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> 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,
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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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>> Rodger
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>> For best results use Victor Needles
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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
>> <http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php>
>> http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
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>> DJD
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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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