[78-L] Capitolians on MGM

[David Lennick]

Those "MGM"s are all sourced from other Columbia product like Harmony and have the same numbering series as Paramount Publix and Special Record. But as far as I know they don't feature any actual Capitol Theater Orchestra, since the common one (Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips/Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, 1074-P) is a California Ramblers disc.
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> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:51:37 -0500
> From: citrogsa at charter.net.invalid
> Subject: [78-L] Capitolians on MGM
> 
> 
> Hello,
> While tracing the whereabouts of Lou Calabrese during the late 20's 
> early 30's and trying to find the exact points at which he left Paul 
> Specht and then the Capitol Theater for Minnesota, I find at least one 
> MGM disk credited to him, 1090-P Singing In The Bathtub/If I Had A 
> Talking Picture Of You.
> 
> We find Paul working at the Capitol for a time. I understand he had 
> stylistic conflicts with the music director there, whose name escapes me 
> right this moment (was it Mendoza?).
> 
> Firstly, his style became hard to trace as banjo definitely was going 
> more and more into the background and what was left was more a strum not 
> like what I am familiar (save his work Jimmy Lytell on Pathe). Second, I 
> am realizing the the name, "Capitolians" was of the theater house band 
> and the membership changed continuously, though some greats found refuge 
> there when things got rough at the end of the 20's. Lou did not show up 
> on Specht's Columbias after late 28, but was found in 
> Harmony/Diva/Supertone, the final discovery being 1064 as the Georgians, 
> Singing In The Bathtub, in November, 1929. The matrix for this cut is 
> the same as the MGM 1090-P.
> 
> So, does someone have a discography for MGM's and does Lou show up on 
> any other disks?
> 
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