Two songs by The Portland Rosebuds 1927-Electrobeam Gennett

[melvind]

I bought this record from a fellow collector at the Union phonograph show this last June. I had heard about the group The Portland Rosebuds but I didn't know too much about the group. Being an lifelong Oregonian and living in Portland (The Rose City) for most of my life I knew about the early Hockey team from Portland named The Portland Rosebuds. They were the first US hockey team to play in the Stanley Cup back in the 19 teens. There were two teams a few years apart with that name and then later a Negro League Baseball team with that name. Today the dance group for the current hockey team, The Winterhawks, is named The Rosebuds.

I have no idea how Gennett records came up with the name unless someone familiar with Portland and Hockey came up with it. The info I found tells me that the actual group that recorded these records was The Royal Troubadours. In reality these were label musicians from one or more bands that made this and many other recordings. I guess it gave the performers or the labels to make money off of the same musicians with different names on different labels. I put my research in the notes of the videos on YouTube if anyone wants to read more.

I wouldn't call these recordings tight or hot as many bands of the day are. But, they are pretty good performances and are what they are.

“Positively-Absolutely” by The Portland Rosebuds (The Royal Troubadours) 1927

(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in HD.)

https://youtu.be/rJ67JOMkK7E

“Beedle um bo” by The Portland Rosebuds (The Royal Troubadours) 1927

(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in HD.)

https://youtu.be/x5u8KVaRVnQ

[gramophone-georg]

This is a really nice record- and transfer. I'll have to pull my copy out and play it now. It'll sound like garbage after your transfer, most likely.

I think that the Royal Troubadors *may* have been a Grosso unit, as a few Grosso Gennetts are as "Elmer Grosso and his Royal Orchestra" rather than the usual "Greenwich Village Orchestra"- either that or there were a lot of the same musicians that played in all these sessions, and used the same arranger.

RT records on Champion billed as Dick Beeson or Ted Marshall are quite jazzy and have sparked some super bidding wars.

[SteveM]

Wow, that was a real treat, just listening on my stupid iPad speakers and it sounds like the band is right here in the room. I like how loose and chill they are.