Columbia Personal Records

[Wolfe]

Just wondering how many of you folks have these? They seem scarce to me, I've rarely run into them.


If you don't know what they are, here's a little pre-packaged info...


http://www.tedstaunton.com/labels/1910_ ... ecord.html

[OrthoSean]

I do (surprise!). The ones that turn up the most frequently are the J.A. Hultman issues, but there were many others. I have a Princeton Triangle Band issue. I also have another by a Quartet titled "Preacher On The Fence", I can't recall the name of the group. I might have another one or two, but these are the ones that spring to mind offhand.

I edited my post because I know there's an issue that features a young Rudy Vallee, but I can't recall which one he was featured on, nor can I find a refernce to it offhand. Somebody please tell me I'm not imagining this!

Sean

[Wolfe]

I have one of the Hultmans (# 61878)

[Uncle Vanya]

S

I do (surprise!). The ones that turn up the most frequently are the J.A. Hultman issues, but there were many others. I have a Princeton Triangle Band issue. I also have another by a Quartet titled "Preacher On The Fence", I can't recall the name of the group. I might have another one or two, but these are the ones that spring to mind offhand.

I edited my post because I know there's an issue that features a young Rudy Vallee, but I can't recall which one he was featured on, nor can I find a refernce to it offhand. Somebody please tell me I'm not imagining this!

Sean

His first record, made in, I believe 1923, just before his trip to England, (where he was to perform and record with the Savoy Havana Band) was a Columbia "Personal Record" for which he paid the recording fees. The record was doule-faced, featuring two saxophone soli with piano accompaniment, Rudy playing "Nola" on one side and the rather lugubrious ballad "A Dream" on the other.

A copy of this record surfaced in his personal collection after his death, and it was subsequently sold. I know not in which collection it presently resides, but remember that the "Nola" recording was evidence of Valle's considerable mastery of his instrument at the time of the recording.

[Lenoirstreetguy]

I've got one of the Metropolitan Life special issues too. I suspect they had them done regularly to give to management or some such thing. How it ended up in Toronto is anyone's guess, unless in fact they sent them out to the branch offices. Mine is acoustic and has an early twenties look about it.
I'll see if I can dig it out.
Jim

[estott]

S

I do (surprise!). The ones that turn up the most frequently are the J.A. Hultman issues, but there were many others. I have a Princeton Triangle Band issue. I also have another by a Quartet titled "Preacher On The Fence", I can't recall the name of the group. I might have another one or two, but these are the ones that spring to mind offhand.

I edited my post because I know there's an issue that features a young Rudy Vallee, but I can't recall which one he was featured on, nor can I find a refernce to it offhand. Somebody please tell me I'm not imagining this!

Sean

His first record, made in, I believe 1923, just before his trip to England, (where he was to perform and record with the Savoy Havana Band) was a Columbia "Personal Record" for which he paid the recording fees. The record was doule-faced, featuring two saxophone soli with piano accompaniment, Rudy playing "Nola" on one side and the rather lugubrious ballad "A Dream" on the other.

A copy of this record surfaced in his personal collection after his death, and it was subsequently sold. I know not in which collection it presently resides, but remember that the "Nola" recording was evidence of Valle's considerable mastery of his instrument at the time of the recording.

Vallee also paid to record a solo of "A Japanese Sunset" which he plays quite well. If I recall correctly his first recording was as a soloist and vocalist in someone else's band doing "You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" a number he later cut for Victor.