[78-L] HMV LISTINGS

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Randy Watts wrote:

> I've got that record on the table in front of me. His Master's Voice, B.D. 5989. "If You're Ever Down in Texas, Look Me Up," (D6VB 3127) is on one side. "That's What I Like About the South" (D6VB 3130) is one the other. D6VB-3130 is not an ARA master number. It is an RCA Victor master number. Unless Victor issued the ARA "South" and subsequently replaced it on later pressings of this single with a rerecording of their own, it is not the ARA master.

Correct. The ARA recording, I believe, slightly predates the RCA Victor recording. They are most definitely different. I've got a Phil Harris sessionography at home somewhere and can get more data on this.

Take care,
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J. E. Knox "The Victor Freak"

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>        From: Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid>
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> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] HMV LISTINGS
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> 
> As i pointed out in a previous mail Heinrich Konig states an ARA mx 
> number for the HMV issue of"That's What I Like About The South" , which 
> indicates that it's not an RCA remake, but an RCA-Victor reissue.
> Kristjan
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> 
> On 2014-09-30 01:50, Randy Watts wrote:
> 
> If you click on the title of the "B" side ("That's What I Like About The
> South"), you'll see that it's taken from an ARA recording (probably
> 1944). Harris is said to have rerecorded some of the ARA stuff when he
> went to Victor. Both titles are also available on Victor 20-2089. The
> "A" side ("If You've Ever Been Down In Texas") was also released on
> Victor 20-2681.
> And Harris did record "That's What I Like About The South" as early as
> in 1937, but on Vocalion, as you say.
> Kristjan
> 
>> 
>> It looks like it's modeled after Tyrone Settlemier's 78 rpm discography. Hopefully he'll be as good as Ty is about making corrections, because there are more than a few errors and inaccuracies scattered through it. Someone mentioned the Phil Harris single (HMV BD 5989) that he dates to 1937, giving the recording date for Harris's 1937 Vocalion recording of "That's What I Like About the South." That HMV single is actually the British issue of Harris's 1946 RCA Victor single 20-2089, pairing a remake of "South" with "If You're Ever Down in Texas (Look Me Up)." "Texas" wasn't even published until 1946..
>> Randy
>>         From: Iñigo Cubillo <ice261263 at gmail.com.invalid>
>>   To: 78-L <78-l at 78online.com>
>>   Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:55 PM
>>   Subject: [78-L] HMV LISTINGS
>>     
>> 
>> It seems a huge work, and he states that it is currently in progress,
>> and many data are not accurate. I believe that one of the columns at the end
>> states the status of the information. The keys are there somewhere, near
>> the danger sign.
>> 
>> Nice database, and curious to see.
>> 
>> (He puts a version of Out Of Nowhere by Frank Sinatra as early as 1931; could be
>> the publishing date of the song... will check)
>> 
>> Iñigo
>> 
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