78 RPM - Al Jolson - April Showers / Weep No More (My Mammy) - Columbia - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Al Jolson
Label:	Columbia
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	A3500
Date:	20 Dec 1921
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$19
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PRICE GUIDE

$19

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Al Jolson	April Showers	Silvers	8.0 Rate
B	Vernon Dalhart	Weep No More (My Mammy)	Pollack	8.0 Rate

Notes

A: Comedian With Orchestra Accompaniment. From "Bombo".
B: Tenor Solo With Orchestra Accompaniment

A mx: 80041; recorded New York, NY, October 21, 1921 (take 2).
B mx: 80019; recorded New York, NY, October 11, 1921 (take 2).
(DAHR)

The Talking Machine World, December 15, 1921, page 167: Advance Record Bulletins for January, 1922 (i.e., released December 20, 1921)

Richmond Palladium [Richmond, IN], December 20, 1921, page 3: Columbia ad: "Complete January List Now On Sale."

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Comments and Reviews


Dale45 SUBS 29th Apr 2024		"April Showers" video; nod to fixbutte.



Dale45 SUBS 8th Feb 2023



xiphophilos 21st Apr 2021		Another example that shows that Columbia released its records on the 20th of the previous month: Richmond Palladium [Richmond, IN], December 20, 1921, page 3: Columbia ad: "Complete January List Now On Sale."



fixbutte 31st Jan 2017		Sides flipped as announced in the December 1921 issue of Talking Machine World (once more against the matrix numbers' order). Actually "April Showers" was not only the "A" side here, but it became one of Al Jolson's biggest hits in his long career. On YouTube you can get it as a delicious double pack with a classic Betty Boop animation (Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, 1933):