78 RPM - Earl Gresh And His Gangplank Orchestra - Ah! Ah! Aw! Aw! (Papa Mustn't Do That) / Where Do You Work-a, John? - Columbia - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Earl Gresh And His Gangplank Orchestra
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	841-D
Date:	Feb 1927
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Earl Gresh And His Gangplank Orchestra	Ah! Ah! Aw! Aw! (Papa Mustn't Do That)	Turk	9.0 Rate
B	Les Stevens	Where Do You Work-a, John?	Weinberg, Marks, Warren	6.0 Rate

Notes

B side Les Stevens And His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus by Les Stevens and Leo Dale.

A side mx: 142208; recorded New York, NY, May 15, 1926.
B side mx: 143213; recorded New York, NY, December 23, 1926.
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slholzer 21st Aug 2017		Rust's American Dance Band Discography shows the A-side as featuring a vocal by the orchestra, which a listen to the video clip proves is not inaccurate. A glance through the Earl Gresh chapter of the ADBD suggests that orchestra vocals were the norm with that band. The clip nevertheless also demonstrates that there was one lead vocalist who did the "heavy lifting", the rest are largely incidental. Rust gives us no clue who that person might be. There are no band members designated specifically as vocalists or as vocalist/instrumentalists. Does anybody know who the lead singer might be?



xiphophilos 18th Aug 2017		This record is advertised in a Columbia ad (Lately released on Columbia) in the Bend Bulletin of February 14, 1927. I assume Feb. 1927 must be the release date.



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slholzer 18th Aug 2017		Extrapolation from surrounding numbers does not date this disc closer than late 1926 or early 1927. A recording date of Dec. 23, 1926, however, would seem to limit the viable possibilities to early 1927.