[78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953

[Roger Wade]

The Varsity 78s were recorded in New York, December 26, 1939, with W.C. Handy (cnt,vcl) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Bingie Madison (ts) Luis Russell (p) Pops Foster (b) Sidney Catlett (d), according to Tom Lord’s Online Jazz Discography.

The actual releases were:


US1223-1	St. Louis blues	Varsity 8163, Davis DA22, Elite 5039, Philharmonic
FR81
US1224-1	Loveless love (wch vcl)	Varsity 8162
US1225-1	Beale Street blues	        8163
US1226-1	'Way down south where the blues begin (wch vcl)	        8162

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> On Feb 13, 2016, at 11:09 PM, Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid> wrote:
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> note a VARSITY 78 - were there more??, when was/were these recorded ??
> 
> VARSITY 8163
>  [United States Record Corporation, New York]
> US 1223  ST. LOUIS BLUES-F.T. (W.C.Handy)
> US 1225  BEALE STREET BLUES (W.C.Handy)
> W.C.HANDY & ORCHESTRA
> Trumpet Solo by W.C.Handy
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