Favorite 78rpm records?

[operabass78s]

Harry Sooy recorded an interesting story about Signor "Grinderino"

1908: (early spring) The first notes of spring are always the birds and the hurdy-gurdy or street piano man, so early this spring we heard Signor Grinderino, down on the street, grinding out his tunes, and, as an experiment, we thought we would get Signor Grinderino to bring his hurdy-gurdy up on the elevator to the laboratory and have him grind out a couple of tunes for us in order that we could record same.

These records turned out to be so unusual that they were put on sale and made quite a hit, and so did we with Signor Grinderino because we gave him two dollars for his work and that was a lot of money for him.

After this date, we found it a task to get rid of him as every morning regularly he came around, stood in front of the laboratory and ground out his tunes until we had to chase him away in order to keep him from spoiling the other records which we were recording.

[Green Mountain Bill]

Hello Fellow Collectors:

Here is my short list:

My Kinda Love, Dorsey Bros. Orchestra, w/ Bing Crosby vocal
Okeh 41188, 1/28/29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwbxnFoVusw

You Took Advantage of Me, Miff Mole and His Little Molers
Okeh 41098, 7/27/28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B01KkNG4TEw

Blondy, Smith Ballew and His Orchestra, w/ Jack Purvis, trumpet
Okeh 41282, 7/25/29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSriRXti8qI

Robison, Willard and His Levee Loungers “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling”
Recorded 3/12/29
Columbia unissued (Mx W148432-B)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Vg5AWIMis

(Why the heck didn’t they issue it??? I know a guy who owns a a copy of the test pressing but he ain’t selling. I made a dub of it from the LP issue to a lacquer disc so I could play it at 78rpm!)

Regards, Green Mountain Bill

[Green Mountain Bill]

Hello Fellow Collectors:

Here is my short list:

My Kinda Love, Dorsey Bros. Orchestra, w/ Bing Crosby vocal
Okeh 41188, 1/28/29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwbxnFoVusw

You Took Advantage of Me, Miff Mole and His Little Molers
Okeh 41098, 7/27/28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B01KkNG4TEw

Blondy, Smith Ballew and His Orchestra, w/ Jack Purvis, trumpet
Okeh 41282, 7/25/29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSriRXti8qI

Robison, Willard and His Levee Loungers “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling”
Recorded 3/12/29
Columbia unissued (Mx W148432-B)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Vg5AWIMis

(Why the heck didn’t they issue it??? I know a guy who owns a a copy of the test pressing but he ain’t selling. I made a dub of it from the LP issue to a lacquer disc so I could play it at 78rpm!)

Regards, Green Mountain Bill

[Victrolacollector]

Here are my favorite 78 rpm records. I try to have extra copies on these.

1. Laughing Song ;George W. Johnson (any issue)
2. Hallelujah! / Sometime Im Happy ; (Victor 20599) Orthophonic
3. Home Sweet Home ; Alma Gluck
4. El Choco Tango (Nat Shilket on Victor Orthophonic)
5. If I could be with you One hour tonight / Zonky Fox Trot (McKinneys Cotton
Pickers on Victor Orthophonic)
6. Toot Tootsie Goodbye (Al Jolson on Victor)
7. I want to be bad (Helen Kane on Victor Orthophonic)
8. Comin' thro the Rye (Marion Talley) on Victor Red Label
9. Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller) on Bluebird label (I play this
on my electric machine)
10. Indiana / Firehouse Blues Mound City Blues Blowers (Columbia Viva Tonal)

[Norfolkguy]

Anything by The High Hatters or Blue Steele. I love mid to late 20's dance music.