[78-L] question about inventorying a collection, part 2

Donna Halper dlh at donnahalper.com.invalid
Fri Jul 17 09:45:57 PDT 2015


On 7/17/2015 12:22 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Hi Donna -
> Alika Gomez (aka Joe Alika) made small groups of test pressings, all by
> Victor, but only 2 records (4 sides) were released by the Alika Hawaiian
> Trio, Vi 19591&  19735, both rec. Feb. 1925. They did not record for any
> other label, so your record is fairly obscure. I would guess you have
> "Hot Tamale Molly" as it was the most popular tune on the two records.
> Nice find!
>    

Yes, that's the one.  Also found Aloha Oe on Brunswick, but the artist 
didn't sound very Hawaiian-- Irene Williams????


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