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slholzer 29th Nov 2024		78 RPM Viviane Greene - The Unfinished Boogie / Honey, Honey, Honey (1948)	There are two versions of the label for this issue. One version is as illustrated, with the full personnel of the Trio listed. The other dispenses with the listing of the bassist and drummer. The latter version is the common form found on other issues by the Viviane Greene Trio. I have no information as to which version is the earlier.
slholzer 16th Oct 2024		78 RPM Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh's Birthday / The Mocking Bird (1921)	It is worth noting that The Mocking Bird is a Whistling Novelty.
slholzer 16th Oct 2024		78 RPM Joseph Samuels' Music Masters - That Certain Something / Tired Of Me (1920)	As may be seen from the illustrated labels, this particular disc was printed at least twice, using two different label designs. The earlier version would be the B-side label, which fills in the top portion of the shield with gold, leaving a black logo showing through. The A-side version outlines the top portion in gold and switches to a gold logo against a backdrop of black.
slholzer 7th Oct 2024		78 RPM Ferera And Franchini Assisted By Vernon Dalhart - Aloha Oe (Farewell To Thee) / Wailana Waltz (1916)	It is worth noting that tboth Rust in the Complete Entertainment Discography 2d Ed. and the Online Discographical Project list a different disc under Emerson 7113. I have not seen a copy of the proposed alternate, so I can only report the conflict. The proposed alternate is If I Only Knew Where I Stood With You b/w There's Someone More Lonesome Than you, both by Sam Ash and dated to c. Dec. 1916.
slholzer 7th Oct 2024		78 RPM Emerson Military Band - Ida Fox Trot / Tickling Love Taps (1916)	The original version of this disc, identifiable by the NYC Harbor scene label was credited to the Metropolitan Military Band on both sides and had no comp credits on either side. The illustrated version retains the Statue of Liberty on the left hand side, but deletes a colorful steamship and tug. It also provides the previously omitted identity of the A side composer. The matrix numgbers are unchanged.
slholzer 3rd Sep 2024		78 RPM Bob Thomas - Morning Will Come / Ten Thousand Years From Now (1923)	Per Allen Sutton's Pseudonyms on American Records (1892-1942), Bob Thomas is almost exclusively a pseudonym for Ernest Hare. There are several known exceptions, one of which is this record. It may be worth noting, however, that three of the known exceptions are by Vernon Dalhart.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM The Cross Roads Inn Orchestra - Let's Fall In Love / I Must Have That Man (1928)	Per the American Dance Band Discography, the B-side of the illustrated disc was made in new York on 5-Nov-1928. Mike Thomas' mgthomas.co.uk website assigns the identity of Paul Specht's orchestra to the Lanin Syncopators. In the ADBD, Rust was unable to mkare that determination and lists the band under its own name. Per Mike Thomas' mgthomas.co.uk website's Duophone list, there is an alternate version of Duophone D. 4045. One side of the alternate is identical to the A-side of the illustrated disc, credited to the Cross Roads inn Orchestra and featuring Let's Fall In Love. The other side of the alternate is credited to the Savoy Plaza Band and features Singing In The Rain. Per Thomas, the Cross Roads inn Orch. is Meyer Davis AHO on both versions. The Savoy Plaza Band is Cecil Norman AHO. British Dance Bands On Record advises the Norman side was made in London on 9-Oct-1929. The vocalist is id'd as Cavan O'Connor. Jazz Records (6th ED.) dates the Davis side to Nov. 13 or 14, 1928 in New York.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM Hal's Dixie Collegians - High Up On A Hill-Top / She's Funny That Way (1928)	Hal's Dixie Collegians are identified in the American Dance Band Discography and on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.co.uk website's Duophone listing as Hal Kemp AHO. The ADBD identifies the A-side vocalists as Hal Kemp, Saxie Dowell and Gus Mayhew. The B-side vocalist is reported as Skinny Ennis. Both sides were recorded in New York. The A-side is dated 28-Sep-1928. The B-side is dated c. 29-Nov-1928.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM The Home Towners - Tiger Rag / Jo-Anne (1928)	When Rust's American Dance Band Discography went to press (so many years ago), he listed the two tracks illustrated here on Duophone D-4034. When he went to press with Jazz Records (6th ed.) he still listed Tiger Rag on D-4034, but he had put in mx E-28657B (Do You? (That's All I Want to Know) as also on D-4034. Previously, he had listed that track as on Duophone D-4046 with no mention of D-4034. Now JR6 showed it as on both D-4034 and D-4046. The data listed in Mike Thomas' mgthomas.co.uk Duophone listing is consistent with Rust's original position as stated in the ADBD. Clearly, this raises a question whether there is an alternate version of Duophone D. 4034 or not. As we know, it is virtually impossible to prove a negative, but if there issuch a creature, somebody must a copy. Can anybody help?
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM Bert Firman - All By Yourself In The Moonlight / Heaven For Two (1929)	Per Rust's Jazz Records (6th Ed.), these two sides were recorded in London on 2-Jan-1929.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM Davys Broadway Syncopators - Blue Grass / Was It A Dream (1928)	Mike Thomas,' mgthomas.co.uk website's Duophone listing identifies the A-side artist as Myer Davis AHO. Thomas offers no clue to the exact identity of the Lanin's Syncopators, nor does Rust in the American Dance Band Discography, where they have their own chapter. Per Rust, the Lanin involved could be Howard or Sam or someone else entirely. The A-side is part of a group of sides characterized by Brian Rust in JR6 as uncharacteristic of Meyer Davis' usual product, hence their placement in Jazz Records and his speculation that Davis probably had little or nothing to do with them, aside from arranging them. It was recorded in New York, c. November, 1928. The B-side, so far as is known, only appeared on Duophone. Smith Ballew is identified as the vocalist by the ADBD. It was recorded in new York on 5-Nov-1928.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM The Park Inn Good Timers - I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Oh! You've No Idea (1928)	On his mgthomas.co.uk website, Mike Thomas relates that Duophone D. 4018 was one of five Duophones announced in Melody Maker of 1928 with artists and titles that were never, so far as is known, released in that form. The projected artist for D. 4018 was Davy's Broadway Syncopaters. The titles were to be When Eliza Rolls Her Eyes backed with What A Night For Spooning. The mgthomas.co.uk website's Duophone listing identifies the A -side artist as Kenn Sisson's Orch and the B-side artist as Meyer Davis AHO. The American Dance Band Discography shows the Sisson side as recorded in New York on 12-Nov-1928. The Davis side is not listed in ASDBD under Davis' name, but might be extrapolated as also recorded in New York in November, 1928 by the presence of two closely adjacent matrices attributed to him.
slholzer 18th Aug 2024		78 RPM Ralph Walters - A Fool's Paradise / Rolling Stone (1926)	Per the Duophone listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.co.uk website, Ralph Walters and Fred Wilberforce are probable pseudonyms. The candidates for their real identities (with ? appended in these cases) are Dick Henderson and Robert Carr respectively.
slholzer 6th Aug 2024		78 RPM "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Whiskey Head Woman / "Lightnin's" Boogie (1948)	There are at least two versions of this disc extant. The difference that i know of is on the A-side. One version, the one illustrated here, packs all the credits into four lines of text. The other version expands the same text into 5 lines. I have not seen the B-side for both versions, so I can't speak to whether they are different or not.
slholzer 6th Aug 2024		78 RPM The Trumpeteers - Servant Prayer Amen / Didn't It Rain (1948)	There are three versions of the A-side label extant. The difference is in the composer credits. One version is as illustrated, with no composer credit. Another version list Thomas A. Dorsey. A third lists the composer as Johnson (presumably Joseph Johnson, but that is admittedly a guess on my part).
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Richard Doyle - Savoy Rag / Take Your Pick	Per the Aco listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, Richard Doyle is a pseudonym on these two tracks for banjoist Pete Mandell, who is also also, per mgthomas, the composer of both pieces. It would be nice to have a label photo to resolve the proper listing for the composers.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Harry Carlton - Any-time Any-where / Shalimar (1927)	Per the Aco listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, Harry Carlton is a pseudonym on these tracks for Cavan O'Connor. Billy Desmond is a pseudonym for baritone John Thorne. I don't know if the label says so, but Thomas lists the B-side composer as Horatio Nicholls,
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM The Royal Troubadours - Meadow Lark / Don't Be Angry With Me (1927)	The American Dance Band Discography omits this catalog number from its lists of issues, but both of these tracks are listed regardless. Side A is in the Royal Troubadours chapter. It was recorded at the Gennett NY studios on 4-Oct-1926 with Arthur Fields as vocalist. The Cleveland Society Orchestra was a pseudonym on Side B for Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orchestra with Charles Hrat as the vocalist. It also was recorded at the Gennett NY studios, but on 9-Oct-1926.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Billy Desmond - In The Land Of Jack And Jill / Valencia (1926)	Per the Aco listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, Billy Desmond is a pseudonym on these two tracks (and many other Acos) for baritone John Thorne.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM The Washington Dance Players - Angry / Nobody But Fanny (1926)	Per the American Dance Band Discography, the unidentified vocalist on "Nobody But Fanny" is Irving Kaufman.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Jeffries And His Rialto Orchestra - Carolina Sweetheart / Ida (1926)	Per Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes' British Dance Bands On Record, 1911-1945, these two tracks were recorded in London in December, 1925.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Jeffries And His Rialto Orchestra - Paddlin' Madelin' Home / Lovely Lady (1926)	Per Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes' British Dance Bands On Record, 1911-1945, the unidentified vocalist on Paddlin' Madeline Home is John Thorne. Per the same source, both tracks were recorded in London in November, 1925.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM The Indiana Melodists - Moonlight And Roses / Por Ti (For Thee) (1925)	Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website and the American Dancde Band Discography concur that the Indiana Melodists are a pseudonym on this disc for Austin Wylie's Golden Pheasant Orchestra. Per the ADBD, the A-side was recorded in NYC 25-Feb-1925. Per Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes' British Dance Bands On Record, 1911-1945, the B-side was recorded in Lndon in October, 1925. The band is in fact Harry Bidgood's/
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Seth Lancaster - Cradle Song / Ave Maria (1922)	Per the Aco listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, the unidentified piano accompaniment on these two tracks is by J.H. Squire.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Venetian Dance Orchestra - Thoughts / Rainbow (1923)	Per Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes' British Dance Bands On Record, 1911-1945, these two tracks were recorded in London, the A-side c. June, 1922, and the B-side June-July, 1922.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Cleveland Society Orchestra - Irish Song Medley / Irish Song Medley (1923)	The Cleveland Society Orchestra was frequently used (although not exclusively) to hide the identity of Ben Selvin's American orchestra. Data on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website indicates that that is the case on these two tracks. The American Dance Band Discography shows the tracks as recorded in NYC c. December, 1921. Titles played on the illustrated side include: Come Back To Erin/Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms/:Eileen Alannah/ and Wearing Of The Green. Titles on the other side include St.Patrick’s Day/Minstrel Boy:/ Killarney:and Low Back’d Car.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Plantation Harmony Four - Sweet Genevieve / Sweet And Low (1923)	Per the Aco listing on Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, the Plantation Harmony Four is a pseudonym on side A for the Melody Male Quartette and on side B for The Criterion Male Quartette.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Patrick Kinahan - Migliavacca Mazurka / Beyond The Clouds (1923)	Per the Aco listing on MIke Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, Leslie Davis is a pseudonym for whistler Margaret McKee and Patrick KInahan is a pseudoynym for ocarina player Sgr. Mose Tapiero.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM Billy Desmond - All Over Nothing At All / Just Like A Thief (1923)	Per the Aco listing in Mike Thomas' mgthomas.uk website, Billy Desmond is a pseudonym on these two tracks (and many other Acos) for baritone John Thorne.
slholzer 3rd Jul 2024		78 RPM The Famous Broadway Band - Canadian Capers / Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923)	Per Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes' British Dance Bands On Record, The Famous Broadway Band is a pseudonym on these two tracks for Victor Vorzanger's Broadway Orchestra. Per the same source, they were recorded in London c. June, 1923.

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