From rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid Tue Mar 24 17:45:17 2020 From: rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid (Rodger J Holtin) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:45:17 -0500 Subject: [78-L] China Boy (Winfree-Boutelje) Message-ID: <001f01d6023e$a8278b00$f876a100$@gmail.com> Cleaning out newspapers from the last few weeks and noticed that the Chinese Virus has changed names. Googled to find out why, and - we won't discuss that here to avoid any divisiveness. (Private off-list only, if you'd like to fill me in since I wasn't paying that much attention to the nomenclature.) But it set me to thinking about a great old jazz tune often found (though not often enough) on 78s - China Boy by Winfree and Boutelje. Couldn't find much on the internet. Wiki says: "China Boy" is a 1922 popular song written by Phil Boutelje and Dick Winfree "It was introduced in vaudeville by Henry E. Murtagh and popularized by Paul Whiteman's 1929 Columbia recording featuring Bix Beiderbecke." Which, of course, ignores the McKenzie-Condon of 1927, among others. The DAHR says earliest recording in their files is November, 1922 Brunswick by Arnold Johnson. McKenzie-Condon 1927 came in second, and thus probably really popularized it. Interesting that a lullaby became a trad/Dixie jazz standard. IMDb says of Phil Boutelje: "Pianist, songwriter ("China Boy", "Blue Dawn"), composer, author and conductor, educated at Philadelphia Music Academy. He was a pianist and arranger for the Paul Whiteman orchestra, and a military bandmaster during World War I. Later, he was the music director for Paramount Pictures and United Artists Studios, and composed for films, often on an uncredited basis. Joining ASCAP in 1930, his chief musical collaborators included Ned Washington, Dick Winfree, Harry Tobias, Rubey Cowan, Foster Carling, and Al Dubin. His other song compositions include "Lonesome", "Little Doll", "The Man With the Big Sombrero", "Teton Mountain Stomp", "Star of Hope", "I Loved You Too Little", "I Love You, Believe Me I Love You", "Hippy Happy Henny", and "Monna Vanna"." The only one of any of those I've ever encountered was the Victor of Monna Vanna by Whiteman. First question - how is Boutelje pronounced? It doesn't fit any of my old phonics lessons, Ortho- or otherwise. Second question - found the lyrics at www.sheetmusicsinger.com and on the Gene Kardos of 1931 - if Wiki says it was introduced in vaudeville by Henry E. Murtagh, what, if anything, do we know about him? Third question - is it "racist" to play these records today? Rodger Holtin 78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII For Best Results Use Victor Needles -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com From d_duncan at ntlworld.com.invalid Sun Mar 29 10:47:40 2020 From: d_duncan at ntlworld.com.invalid (Doug Duncan) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:47:40 +0100 Subject: [78-L] 78 Playing tonearm combination is broken. Message-ID: <6e52662a-a021-ee3b-001e-2f44fab485d6@ntlworld.com> Hi All, The arm on the turntable I've been using for many years has broken and it may be that it isn't repairable. I am therefore considering what to do about it. The existing set up is a Garrard 401 motor unit in a custom timber plinth that was made for me by a then co-worker. The arm is a Rega RB200 that has an interchangeable headshell with a Stanton 500e cartridge with DSC stylus. This has been used for 78s (and 33s and the odd 45 using a different cartridge) for longer than I care to remember. Although I'm still looking into repairing the arm or sourcing a replacement of the same form factor I'm prepared to consider any variation or even a used turntable. Does anyone have any recommendations for a new turntable that does 78s and preferably other formats too. I may otherwise have to accommodate multiple turntables. I'm in the UK and that may restrict the field. Best Regards, Doug -- Doug Duncan -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From vintage at jabw.demon.co.uk.invalid Sun Mar 29 13:37:12 2020 From: vintage at jabw.demon.co.uk.invalid (John Wright) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:37:12 +0100 Subject: [78-L] 78 Playing tonearm combination is broken. Message-ID: <000001d60609$d4ad0730$7e071590$@jabw.demon.co.uk> Hello Doug, I'm in UK and for about 10 years now I've been using two modern turntables for my podcasts, each got for just ?50, one on ebay and one from Cashconverters. Three speed - you press the 33 and 45 buttons to get 78, simples :o)) and have pitch control, use SME headshells etc. Numark TT100 Stanton STR 880 If you google you'll see images, look identical to the Audio-Technica that's commonly used in US. John Wright ......................... Doug Duncan wrote: >>Does anyone have any recommendations for a new turntable that does 78s and preferably other formats too. I may otherwise have to accommodate multiple turntables. I'm in the UK and that may restrict the field. Best Regards, Doug <<