[78-L] Columbia & Gennett - was: Triangle 11290

[Malcolm]

I agree!
Malcolm

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On 9/6/2017 9:16 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Simple..educational recordings were played on wind-ups and who'd really care?
> It would be Ginn keeping them in print until they were re-recorded (if they were).
>
> dl
>
>
> On 9/6/2017 2:17 PM, Rodger J. Holtin wrote:
>> Help me understand why in the name of Electrobeamic Vival-Tonalism why
>> Columbia - or anyone else - would continue to press acoustic masters,
>> especially of classical music, once the electrics came along; particularly
>> masters from a second-string outfit like Gennett.
>>
>> There's gotta be a good story here somewhere.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:19 PM, David Lennick <
>> dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> The only connection I can think of between Gennett and Columbia is the Ginn
>>> Music Appreciation Series. Gennett did the acoustical original recordings
>>> and
>>> Columbia did the electricals, but Columbia re-pressed Gennetts that were
>>> still
>>> being kept in print.
>>>
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/31/2017 11:16 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>>>> On 8/31/2017 11:52 AM, Malcolm wrote:
>>>>> I cannot play it because all I have are the label scans.
>>>>> I will have to dig out my hard copy of the Paramount master lists (c.
>>>>> 1950 - Record Research associate Walter C. Allen) and check for what I
>>>>> can find there, if anything. Still, I can't see Paramount cutting a deal
>>>>> to release a Victor record on their label(s). But stranger things have
>>>>> happened. I have seen evidence that Gennett contracted with Columbia to
>>>>> release one or two of their masters, for reasons as yet unknown.
>>>>> Maybe checking the UCSB Victor database might help?
>>>>> Malcolm
>>>>>
>>>> The record we are concerned with was obviously a moonlight job. The
>>>> Victor was a ""gems" from the comedy opera and this one is of a lullaby
>>>> (not the tune's name).
>>>>
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