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Post by maroongem on Nov 28, 2007 12:51:47 GMT -5
Her's an early "Batwing" Victor electric recorded 7/7/25 with a "mystery" uncredited vocalist!!! Of course you'll all know whom it is! Enjoy! Victor 19719-B "OGO-POGO" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestrawww.box.net/shared/xefvscs24xBill |
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Post by rocky on Nov 28, 2007 14:34:57 GMT -5
I guess it was about 25 years ago....... at a "Record Research" get-together in New York, George Blacker handed me a copy of "Ogo Pogo" and said "This is a Billy Murray record." George knew that I collected Murray records. I still remember how impressed I was that he was able to nonchalantly hand me a record and know that Murray sang the refrain despite no vocalist being credited.
Rocky
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Post by maroongem on Nov 28, 2007 14:43:02 GMT -5
It's interesting how many discs Murray wasn't credited as a vocalist, especially when he was already an established singer.
One has to wonder why this was. Was it because they were trying to sell the disc on the listed band's merits as opposed to having a well known singer doing the vocals?
Imagine Frank Sinatra putting up with that when his star rose!!!!
Bill
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Post by jnorman111 on Nov 28, 2007 16:16:00 GMT -5
How could this be an "early" batwing if from July, 1925?
I have always been curious of how one can tell, before playing, if a "batwing" Victor after 21168 or there abouts is an acoustic or orthophonic?
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Post by maroongem on Nov 28, 2007 17:27:56 GMT -5
How could this be an "early" batwing if from July, 1925? I have always been curious of how one can tell, before playing, if a "batwing" Victor after 21168 or there abouts is an acoustic or orthophonic? Before the "Scroll" label was introduced in 1926, the earlier electric recordings utilized the previous "Batwing" label with the inclusion of VE in an oval cartouche in the runoff to indicate it was an electrical recording (which I understand the public wasn't aware of this change at the time). That is what I meant by saying "early Batwing Victor." Bill |
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