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slholzer 25th Aug 2022		78 RPM Harry Voltaire's Voice Of Central Park Orchestra - Charley My Boy / Somebody Loves Me (1925)	The American Dance Band Discography advises that the band behind the Frisco Syncopators name on this particular disc is the Pennsylvania Syncopators. Side B was recorded in New York c. July, 1924. It was originally issued on Emerson 10785. Harry Voltaire's band cut side A in New York , c. June, 1924. Both sides were also issued on Triangle 11399.
slholzer 24th Aug 2022		78 RPM Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] - Look-a What I Got Now / Tessie Stop Teasing Me (1925)	This is a case where the Golden Gate Orch. pseudonym stands for the California Ramblers even on Triangle. Per the American Dance Band Discography and Jazz Records 6th ED., both tracks were recorded in New York on September 16, 1924. Both tracks were widely issued on Paramount and its derivative labels, as well as on Grey Gull and Radiex. Arthur Hall is the vocalist on both sides.
slholzer 24th Aug 2022		78 RPM Harry Voltaire's Voice Of Central Park Orchestra - I Wonder What's Become Of Sally / Lonely Little Melody (1925)	Per the American Dance Band Discography, these tracks were recorded in New York, c. June, 1924 They were also issued on the Pennington label with the same catalog number.
slholzer 24th Aug 2022		78 RPM The Original Louisiana Five - San / The Hoodoo Man (1925)	Per Jazz Records 6th Ed. these tracks were recorded in New York in August, 1924. They were also issued on Lyratone and Puritan with the same catalog number.
slholzer 24th Aug 2022		78 RPM Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four - Mr. Jelly Roll / Steady Roll (1925)	Brian Rust makes special note in Jazz Records 6th Ed. that the title on Carnival 11397 is incorrectly shown as "Mr. Jelly Roll" instead of "Mr. Jelly Lord". This entry and the photo illustration show that error also present on Triangle 11397, implying that it could also be on the other issues with the same number: Puritan, Broadway and Mitchell. JR6 shows both tracks as recorded at the Rodeheaver studios in Chicago during April, 1924. The Jazz Kids track is particularly interesting for the fact that Jelly Roll Morton himself appears to have had no audible role in it, although it was issued under his name and on the reverse of one of his own tracks For the two takes of a single title, someone named "Memphis", Russell Senter, and Boyd Senter formed a kazoo/comb trio. Take 1 was issued on most versions, but per Rust take 2 can be found on some copies of Pm 20332 and all copies of Pur 11332.
slholzer 24th Aug 2022		78 RPM Chic Winters - Don't Blame It All On Me / Oh! Eva (Ain't You Coming Out Tonight?) (1925)	Chic Winters' name was used as a pseudunym for Duke Ellington on a Pennington disc and may appear in that capacity on other Paramount derived copies of Ellington's earliest title "Rainy Nights". In a form of poetic justice, Ellington's name was used on a pseudonym on the the flip side of Chick Winters' own Blu-Disc issue, which was actually a Ben Selvin band. Mostly when you encounter Chic Winters' name on a record it's actually his band. His output as listed in the American Dance Band Discography is largely limited to Gennett recordings and their British licensees. He also made several recordings that were issued by Paramount or its client labels that pre-date the Gennetts and either pre-date or are roughly contemporaneous with Nashville Nightingale, his Blu-Disc side recorded in October, 1924. Only one of those is listed in the ADBD.
slholzer 23rd Aug 2022		78 RPM Golden Gate Orchestra - Why Did I Kiss That Girl / From One Till Two (1924)	The American Dance Band Discography indicates that Why Did I Kiss That Girl is By Harry Reser's band, recorded in New York in March, 1924 (mx 1722-1). The Vocal attributed to Chas. Dale is by Arthur Fields. The same track appears on Paramount, Grey Gull and Harmograph. The real identity of the band on Side B is less clear cut. I favor Nathan Glantz and His Orch. They cut a timely version (March, 1924) of this relatively rare tune in New York (mx 5472-2) with the correct vocalist, Arthur Hall. The ADBD lists versions on Banner, Regal and Apex, but nothing on Paramount or any of its derivatives. As I have noted elsewhere, that last omission is not surprising. and is no deal killer for me, but you can judge for yourself. I might note that this is a good example of Golden Gate Orchestra in its less-heralded role as a pseudonym that isn't for the California Ramblers. If the label were Columbia, Edison, Pathe Actuelle or Perfect, there would be almost no question who this was.
slholzer 23rd Aug 2022		78 RPM Broadway Melody Makers - Rose Of Sunny Italy / Love My Heart Is Calling (1924)	Per the American Dance Band Discography, these two tracks are by Charley Straight And his Orchestra, recorded in Chicago In September, 1923. Side A: mx 1507-3 Side B: mx 1512-2 Both sides also on Pm 20265
slholzer 23rd Aug 2022		78 RPM Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools - Day Break Blues (Original Bugle Blues) / Fade Away Blues (1923)	If you look for this issue in Jazz Records 6 ed., you'll find it mis-numbered as Tri 1128 under both titles. It's paired with Emb, so the error may carry over from Embassy 's number, or it may extend to it also,
slholzer 23rd Aug 2022		78 RPM Yerke's Bell Hops - Lou'siana / I'll Hop Skip And Jump Into My Mammy's Arms (1923)	The A-side track is apparently not included in the American Dance Band Discography, assuming it is is correctly attributed to Harry Yerkes' band, which I have no particular reason to doubt. Such omissions are more common than you would hope in the ADBD. The Majestic Dance Orch. was a common pseudonym on Paramount and its derivatives, One likely candidate for the source of the B-side recording here is Joseph Samuels' session c. July 20, 1923 in New York. The master came from Banner/Plaza, but also circulated on Grey Gull, Apex and Imperial. The ABDB does not list the Triangle issue, but that is also not surprising. If you spend any time following Rust through his book, you soon discover the gaps in his material at hand when he put the book together. The Triangle label was one of them.
slholzer 22nd Aug 2022		78 RPM Frisco Syncopators - Gallagher And Shean / You Won't Be Sorry (1922)	According to the American Dance Band Discography, the 848-1 part of the Side A mx complex dates to September 1921. (see p. 1622, under Ben Selvin). The 1056A part of the complex is not under Selvin's name, but looks like it would fall pretty much at April, 1922 if it stood on its own. I'm not sure the 114 is anything but a BD&M control number. Rust shows the 848-1 part as the mx # for the Gallagher and Shean title. (Incidentally, Rust invariably lists this title as Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean. None of the Paramount-derived issues I've seen include the "Mr's" in the title.) The Majestic Dance Orch. was a pseudonym used by Paramount and its derivatives for several bands, the most likely of which are Ben Selvin's, Joseph Samuels', Nathan Glantz's and Adrian Schubert's The 1054-2 mx, appears to be roughly accurately dated at May, 1922 (although one suspects it may have come from the same session as 1056A), but it is not listed under any of those in the American Dance band Discography. (My suspicion: Rust didn't know who it was and left it out Or, he may not have found any of the tracks from that session.) Don't look to the Puritan issue for a clue. It has a different B-side: Bugle Call Blues by Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orch. That track appeared on Triangle 11124 as its B-side.
slholzer 22nd Aug 2022		78 RPM Adler Trio - A Little Love, A Little Kiss / The Herd Girl's Dream (1922)	There are at least two versions of the label for this disc. The illustrated version is notable for having composer credits and mx numbers on the labels. Neither of those are found on the variant form .it might also be noted that the variant version, which can be viewed on the discogs website, appears to have a blue label as opposed to green, although this could be a camera artifact and should be confirmed by direct examination.
slholzer 27th Jun 2022		78 RPM Ferrera - Franchini (1921)	This disc is listed as Aeolian Vocalion, and the exemplar, if there was one at hand, may well have borne that label. The company was probably still identified as such in the advance listings column in Talking Machine World for May, 1921. It is worth noting, however, that the exemplar in my photo database is the lowest number from the 14000s series that I know for a certainty to have had at least some copies issued with the Vocalion-only logo instead of the Aeolian Vocalion imputed to this one. The Aeolian Vocalion logo would contnue to appear on numbers at least as high as 14200. Only four of those numbers are currently documented on the Vocalion-only label, and of those four none are documented on both, I know of only one other issue ever, and that uncertainly from a largely illegible photo, that might have duplicated an issue from one of the earlier-used labels (in that instance the more archaic Aeolian Vocalion Lateral label) on a Vocalion-only labelled disc. For a number of reasons you would think that such occurrences would not have been unusual, would in fact have great utility for keeping the stock fresh and current for the marketplace, but they are almost unheard of on Vocalion. When all is said and done, maybe things just moved too fast for Vocalion. In the space of a mere three of four years they went from vertical discs, to dual lines, to purely lateral stock. and eventually to a new name and new ownership. As for the labels, perhaps a wider sampling will shed better light on it ... perhaps not.
slholzer 27th Jun 2022		78 RPM Selvin's Dance Orchestra - Make Believe / Wild Rose (1921)	The date and the title lead one to believe that composer Skilkert on Side A is an accidental mangling of the true composer's name: Shilkret.
slholzer 27th Jun 2022		78 RPM Aeolian Dance Orchestra - Romance / Mello Cello (1921)	Both sides are available for viewing on the discogs website.
slholzer 26th Jun 2022		78 RPM Ferrera And Franchini - Isle Of Paradise / On Hilo Bay (1921)	The Online Discographical Project lists the artists on this disc as Ferrera-Franchini-Green. The composers are shown as Earl and Fiorito for "Isle Of Paradise" and Breau and Levy for "On Hilo Bay".
slholzer 26th Jun 2022		78 RPM Shannon Four - When You're Gone I Won't Forget / Mother Of Pearl (1921)	Arthur Burns is listed in Allan Sutton's Pseudonyms On American Records (1892-1942) as a known pseudonym for vocalist James Harrod on "minor labels, (1918-1919)'. The time frame fits. I. m not personally familiar with this track or with Harrod's voice. Draw your own conclusions whether Aeolian Vocalion fits the label description.
slholzer 26th Jun 2022		78 RPM Harry A. Yerkes' Dance Orchestra - A Young Man's Fancy / On Miami Shore (1920)	This is the lowest number in the 14000 series I've seen that bears the Aeolian Vocalion label without the "Lateral" tag in its design. Conversely, the highest number that I've seen that still has the "Lateral" tag is only 14071. It is reasonable to guess that the old label went by the boards when Vocalion abandoned its original line of vertical cuts and it was no longer necessary to distinguish the two. It remains to be seen precisely where the break occurred. Of perhaps more interest is how draconian the divide between vertical and lateral was, and how wrenching a break it must have been. There does not ever appear to have been any duplication between the vertical and lateral lines at all, so if you wanted records like Sophie Tucker's, Eddie Cantor's, and the ODJB's they were verticals or nothing. When the verticals went, so, it would appear, did they. Perhaps even odder is that virtually none of the records issued on the blue "Lateral" label while the dual lines existed ever saw the light of day on the "untagged" Aeolian Vocalion label or its eventual "Vocalion-only" logo replacement. If it were not for a single example I know of I would have said none of them did. I can only hope that they kept printing the old style labels until all those records ran their course and were discontinued. The wholesale discontinuance of so much of a company's stock in trade would otherwise have been extremely burdensome, virtually the same as starting over from scratch.
slholzer 25th Jun 2022		78 RPM Aeolian Dance Orchestra - Fatima / Down By The Meadow Brook (1919)	This disc has been omitted from the listing in Rust's American Dance Band Discography.
slholzer 25th Jun 2022		78 RPM Novelty Five With Al Bernard - Shake, Rattle And Roll / Idol (1919)	It is worth noting here that the Novelty Five was one alter ego of bandleader Harry Yerkes, more often encountered at the head of his Jazarimba Band.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM The Ambassadors - Until Tomorrow / All Alone (1925)	From Rust's American Dance Band Discography: p.26 Rust lists two Ambassadors sides (mx 12729 and 12730) recorded in February 1924. This track is not listed. p.103 Side B: Recorded in New York, c. September 22, 1924.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Bob Haring - You'll Be Mine In Apple Blossom Time / Smile, Darn Ya, Smile (1931)	From Rust's American Dance Band Discography (ADBD): p. 759: Side A: Recorded in new York on March 11, 1931. Vocal by Charles Lawman. p.1270: Side B: Recorded in New York on March 13, 1931. Vocal by Charles Lawman.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Ben Pollack - You Didn't Have To Tell Me (I Knew It All The Time) / Hello Beautiful (1931)	Per Rust's Jazz Records (6th ED.) p. 1342: Side A: Ben Pollack AHO, recorded January 21, 1931 in New York. Vocal by Jack Teagarden. The Varsity Eight can reasonably safely be assigned a true identity as some version of the California Ramblers. That being said, I note that this track does not appear in Jazz Records under either the California Ramblers' or the Varsity Eight's names. The matrix number places it as roughly contemporary with Side A and from the Plaza/ARC catalog. If it was originally issued under one of the California Ramblers' other names (Goofus Five, etc.) it might be listed under one of those instead, that being consistent with Rust's practice of giving each alter ego (except the Golden Gate Orchestra) its own chapter. In Pseudonyms on American Records, Sutton notes several issues by Adrian Schubert's Orchestra that were issued as The Varsity Eight, but this track is not among them, nor is it listed under Schubert's name in Rust's American Dance Band Discography.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Sam Lanin - Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Got The Bench, Got The Park (But I Haven't Got You) (1931)	From Rust's American Dance Band Discography (ADBD): p. 1076 Side A: recorded in new York on February 9, 1931. Vocal by Scrappy Lambert p. 1508 Side B: Dick Cherwin & HO is a pseudoynym for Justin Ring AHO. Recorded in New York on February 13, 1931. Vocal by Scrappy Lambert.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Ben Pollack - Rollin' Down The River / Blue Pacific Moonlight (1931)	Rust's Jazz Records, 6th ED. (JR6) shows Side A recorded in New York on June 23, 1930. Ben Pollack is the vocalist. Rust's American Dance Band Discography (ADBD) shows Side B as recorded in New York on January 22, 1931. The vocalist is identified as Joe White.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Clicquot Club Eskimos - 'Leven Thirty Saturday Night / Body And Soul (1930)	From Rust's American Dance Band DFiscography (ADBD): p. 312 Side A recorded in New York on May 9, 1930. Vocalist not identified p. 621 Side B recorded in new York on September 30, 1930. Vocal by Irving Kaufman. Body and Soul was written by Johnny Green, with lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Rod Rudy's Talkie Boys - To My Mammy / Confessin' (That I Love You) (1930)	Per Rust's American Dance Band Discography and Allen Sutton's Pseudonyms On American Records 1892--1942, Buddy Blue AH Texans was a pseudonym for Smith Ballew and His Orchestra on Plaza/ARC labels. It carries over from that source to the Australian Vocalion disc. Side B was recorded in New York on May 23, 1930. Smith Ballew (aka Buddy Blue) is the vocalist. The LO matrix on Side A would indicate a British origin, one o9f the various Broadcast labels. IMDB says that "Whoopee" was adapted from a play written by Irving Berlin. The movie starred Al Jolson with music by Louis Silvers (uncredited, per IMDB).
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM Lou Gold - My Baby Just Cares For Me / A Girl Friend Of A Boy Friend Of Mine (1930)	Per Rust's American Dance Band Discography, p. 620, both sides recorded In New York on September 9, 1930, with vocals by Irving Kaufman. Mxs are drawn from ARC. Per IMDb, "Whoopee' was a vehicle for Eddie Cantor. Songs for the film were written by walter Donaldson with lyris by Gus Kahn.
slholzer 8th Apr 2022		78 RPM The Clevelanders - I Don't Mind Walkin' In The Rain (When I'm Walkin' In The Rain With You) / Why Have You Forgotten Waikiki? (1930)	Per Rust's American Dance band Discography (ADBD): p.309 Side A recorded in New York on August 8, 1930. Vocal not identified. p.620 Side B recorded in New York on August 19, 1930. Vocal listed as Irving Kaufman. Both tracks drawn from ARC catalog.
slholzer 7th Apr 2022		78 RPM Robert Nicholson - Why? / Cross Your Fingers (1930)	Per IMDB, the music for this Joe E. Brown film vehicle was written by Heinz Roemheld, who was not credited.

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