Latest Updates - Gene Kardos

---

Comment by DeweyGill SUBS:

“Darkness On The Delta” actually contains the lyric “Lounging on the levee”. While it appears the “Levee Loungers” name was used prior for an issue or two, it was used regularly after this,
Bunny Berigan on trumpet. He would become a frequent sideman from this point on.

---

Comment by han enderman:

Per 8-05-01 - This was the last Perfect and last "ARC" indeed. Other ARC labels had stopped earlier; last of these labels I have seen are Melotone 8-03-02/61, Banner 7-01-52, Oriole 7-05-55, Romeo 8-02-68.

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

I believe this was the last issue in ARC's budget label line.

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

[YouTube Video]

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

[YouTube Video]

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

I must have missed that this time. Thanks for correcting, @Mike Gann!

---

Comment by Mike Gann:

@ cyeaman The side with the underlined catalog no. is always the b-side.

---

Comment by xiphophilos:

C. B. Clow on the A side is a typo for songwriter O. B. Clow.

Here are the lyrics of Oscar Baline Clow's "People say I'm crazy":

People say I'm crazy, I admit it's true
Listen, Honey, I'm crazy over you

People say I'm silly, I admit that too
Listen, Honey, I'm daffy over you

I can't eat nor sleep
You're always on my mind
You're the greatest find
I'll always treat you kind

People say I'm crazy, I admit it's true
Daffy, loony, I'm crazy over you.

(source)

---

Comment by W.B.lbl:

This pressing, however, appears to be from 1940 or after, as it was in that year was BMI was founded (notice the "Licensed for Performance by Broadcast Music, Inc." blurb). That, plus 14 point Erbar Light Condensed with Bold Condensed (first used by the ARC/Columbia plant in Bridgeport in January 1938) and the 12 point size (first used in 1939).

---

Comment by W.B.lbl:

The once-and-future Columbia plant in Bridgeport, CT, typeset the labels {Images #3439489 & 3439490}. Typefaces were 7 point No. 1 (matrix number) with Gothic No. 4 (the smaller sans-serif type) and 10 point Gothic Condensed No. 1. This appears to be right around the time the die-cut label size became ~3".

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

The only information I've found on the web about Radiotone Record (or its predecessor Radiotone Recording Studio) is this post on Dismuke's Hit of the Week blog: http://dismuke.org/how/prev5-09.html

---

Comment by cyeaman SUBS:

Two of the million disappointments are on the A-side of this record: impossible to remove tape occluding the label name and heavy heat damage that prevents me from playing that side of the record.