78 RPM - Frank Crumit - Abdul Abulbul Amir / The Gay Caballero - Decca - Ireland

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Frank Crumit
Label:	Decca
Country:	Ireland
Catalogue:	W.4200
Date:
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Frank Crumit	Abdul Abulbul Amir	Crumit	Rate
B	Frank Crumit	The Gay Caballero	Crumit, Klein	Rate

Notes

Frank Crumit. Vocal with Orchestral Accompaniment.

A mx: 38334 (label); 38334 B CA (runout);
B mx: 38335 (label); 38335 A (runout).
Both tracks recorded New York, NY, August 17, 1934.

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Number: 2042651

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Uploaded By: jago125
Description: Decca (Ireland) W.4200-A

Number: 2042652

Uploaded By: jago125
Description: Decca W.4200-B

Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos ● 22nd Sep 2019		Decca's Irish W series reissued American recordings from the 1920s and 1930s, mostly what would then be called hillbilly. These are the ones I've seen so far: Decca W.4112 Marc Williams ‎– The Night Herding Song / The Dying Ranger (rec. Dallas, TX, November 26, 1930). Decca W.4148 Bradley Kincaid ‎– Barbara Allen / The Blind Girl (rec. Chicago, IL, January 24, 1930) Decca W.4200 Frank Crumit – Abdul Abulbul Amir / The Gay Caballero (rec. New York, NY, August 17, 1934) Decca W.4271 Bradley Kinkaid – Darlin' Clementine / My Mother's Beautiful Hands (rec. NYC, September 13, 1934) Decca W.4330 Buell Kazee ‎– Gambling Blues / A Married Girl's Troubles (rec. New York, NY, January 16 & 17, 1928). Decca W.4456 Bradley Kincaid ‎– Two Little Girls In Blue / Gooseberry Pie (rec. Chicago, IL, January 2, 1931) Decca W.5214 The McNulty Family ‎– Irish Soldier Boy / The Foggy Dew (rec. New York, NY, March 26 and 28, 1947) Only the last one can be dated, to 1947 or later. My guess is that the others were released starting around 1946. During WW2, there probably was not enough shellac available to start a large reissue series. David T. Gleeson's book, "The Irish in the Atlantic World", says that Decca established a Dublin branch in 1938 and started re-releasing American Irish recordings then.



jago125 21st Sep 2019		The original American issue was already on this site, re.Decca 114. Both tracks recorded: August 17, 1934. Apart from knowing that this 78 has a TT code,I have no idea when it was first released in Ireland.



jago125 19th Sep 2019		Apparently sold in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Label is an attractive shade of green, my images do it justice. In the shellac purchase tax code 'TT' which is for 14th April 1943 to 9th April 1946. I believe the original issue was on American Decca c.1933/34 and a re-recording of Crumit's old hits.