[78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953

Wed Feb 17 12:44:03 PST 2016

Those "Voices of the Past" were 7-inch single sided discs. I've often suspected they were produced by the same forces behind Audio Archives. Run-out grooves not closed (as with Audio Archives). Many sounded as if they were cut direct to disc without tape, like the Edgar Wallace "Man in the Ditch" which has close to 30 seconds silence between the two 78 sides (or it seems that way in memory).

dl

> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:28:40 -0800
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: craigventresco at gmail.com.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> 
> 
> Vincent supposedly had a large collection of recordings by famous
> people...I have seen a newspaper article about him a long long time ago
> ..and I recall seeing a picture of him with part of his cylinder
> collection. He also produced lp's featuring these "Voices from the past". I
> have the 10" Handy lp and it is really a great record..
> 
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 7:41 PM, David Lennick <
> dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have Lost Sounds here. It says that G. Robert Vincent, previously
> > associated with V-Disc, recorded Handy's reminiscences  and had him play
> > trumpet and guitar, as well as a couple of versions of St. Louis Blues with
> > Handy's daughter Katherine Handy Lewis, Dr. Charles L. Cooke and the New
> > York Choral Ensemble. Audio Archives was Vincent's label and its name was
> > changed to Heritage in late 1953.
> >
> > dl
> >
> >
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:25:22 -0500
> > > From: sternth at attglobal.net.invalid
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> > >
> > >
> > > Roger, thanks for the Varsity session information!
> > >
> > > The 1952/53 recordings were also released on MARK56 684 Lp in 1975 as
> > >  St.Louis Blues: W.C.Handy narrates and sings.
> > >
> > >
> > > I found the following reference:
> > > CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
> > > Richard Durham Papers
> > > Box 15 12 September 12, 1948 Destination Freedom Radio Broadcast W.C.
> > Handy
> > > "Father of the Blues"
> > > Richard Durham created Destination Freedom , a groundbreaking radio
> > series
> > > that dramatized the struggle for civil rights in America. Destination
> > > Freedom aired on WMAQ, a Chicago radio station, on Sunday mornings from
> > 1948
> > > to 1950. In March 2005, Clarice Durham donated the 91 audiotapes to the
> > > Museum of Broadcast Communications.
> > >
> > > Anyone have access to this collection - perhaps it is the source of the
> > > recording ?????????
> > >
> > > If anyone has TIM BROOKs' LOST SOUNDS at hand, there may be something
> > about
> > > the recording as
> > > google finds a footnote about it, but does not show the text footnoted.
> > >
> > > Best wishes, Thomas.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Rodger Holtin
> > 78-L
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 11:28 PM
> > > To: 78-L Mail List
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> > >
> > >
> > > OK, so we've established that the DRG album was a reissue of Heritage and
> > > Audio Archive records. So, who assembled Mr Handy with the chorus and
> > > pianists to make the original recordings, when, where and why?
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone, which explainz any bad typjng and nonsensical word
> > > choices.
> > >
> > > > On Feb 13, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Thomas Stern
> > <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > W.C. Handy - Father of The Blues
> > > > feat. W.C. Handy, Charles Cooke and Adele Brown Whitney (Pianos),
> > > > Katherine Handy (Vocal Soloist) Recorded on April 12th 1952 and
> > > > December 7th 1953.
> > > >
> > > > Year: 1980
> > > >
> > > > Label: DRG [USA pressing]
> > > > Catalogue No: SL 5192
> > > >
> > > > Side One
> > > > Talk - The Ragtime Era
> > > > "Joe Turner"
> > > > Talk - Memphis Blues
> > > > "Mr. Crump"
> > > > Talk - The Blues
> > > > "Way Down South Where The Blues Began"
> > > > Reflections
> > > > "They So In Tears Shall Weep In Joy"
> > > >
> > > > Side Two
> > > > "Beale Street Blues"
> > > > Talk - Lincoln Jubilee Exhibition
> > > > "Hail To The Spirit of Freedom"
> > > > Talk - Theodore Roosevelt
> > > > "The Big Stick Blues"
> > > > "St Louis Blues"
> > > > "St Louis Blues" - Katherine Handy
> > > > Closing: "I See Though My Eyes are Closed"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > HERITAGE H 0052  Blues Revisited: W.C. Handy             10" 1953
> > > > St. Louis blues (opening) -- Mr. Crump -- Memphis blues -- Joe Turner
> > --
> > > > Beale Street blues -- Loveless love -- Big stick blues (march) -- Way
> > down
> > > > south where the blues began -- St. Louis blues (closing).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > gatefold
> > > > 1952 "W.C. HANDY-FATHER OF THE BLUES" 33RPM LP AUDIO ARCHIVES RECORDS
> > > A1200
> > > > Side one. Joe Turner, Mister Crump, Way Down South Where The Blues
> > Began
> > > and
> > > > They That Saw In Tears
> > > > Side two. Beale Street Blues, Aframerican Hymn, The Big Stick Blues
> > March,
> > > > St. Louis Blues, I See tho My Eyes Are Closed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > > > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David
> > Lennick
> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:49 PM
> > > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Probably
> > > >
> > > this.
> > http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/lp-w-c-handy-blues-revisited
> > > > -heritage-label-10_2247129
> > > > dl
> > > >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > >> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:34:37 -0600
> > > >> From: rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid
> > > >> Subject: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Anybody know the original source?
> > > >>
> > > >> The link below is an LP of W. C. Handy, Father of the Blues, on DRG
> > > >> Records
> > > >> SL5192
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > http://www.shugarecords.com/wc-handy-a-musical-autobiography-lp-sealed
> > > >> -sl-51
> > > >> 92-mono-vinyl-record
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Perhaps the liner notes on the back would tell me these things if the
> > > >> photo was clearer.  I borrowed a copy and taped it ages ago, and my
> > > >> notes from that have only dates, April 12, 1952 and December 7, 1953.
> > > >> I feel sure had there been anything about original sources I would
> > have
> > > > noted that.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Were these radio programs, TV shows?  Some university's oral history
> > > >> program?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I can find copies on eBay and found it in WorldCat, but nothing to id
> > > >> the sources.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Rodger
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> For best results use Victor Needles
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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