It took me nearly 12 years to find this record...
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:41 am
Question: when was the last time you got a box of free records? Well, after a dry spell of 2 months. I got a Facebook message from my cousin who’s a trash collector saying he found a box of really old records someone had thrown out. 20 minutes later, he drives up to my house, gives me the records, and I go through the box.
Now is it me? Or does it always seem when I get a lot of 78s, it’s always stuff from the 1910s-early 1920s mixed in with stuff with the 1940s and early 1950s? Because that was the age range contained in this box.
I was warned beforehand that some of the records were broken so I was prepared to be a little disappointed.
Most of the broken stuff was mostly the later stuff, unfortunately one of them was a Stan Freedburg copy of “John and Marsha” (is that the line that I used to hear in old cartoons came from?) But unfortunately some 1910s-1920s stuff was lost too. A copy of “Lucky Lindy” on the Regal label was one of them. Unfortunately, a Ken Griffin on the Rondo label was also a survivor...
But it wasn’t all bad. Many 1920s dance band records survived. There were some sequel records to “Cohen on the Telephone” in the box, usually backed with some random instrumental tune by Prince’s Band. A few Peerless and Stellar Quartette numbers on the Columbia “magic notes” label (that sometimes gave my VV-111 motor a workout.) A suggestive song from the 1950s about a woodpecker on the “blue” record label (sort of tame compared to some party records from this time period.) An early Eugene Ormandy piece on the Cameo label (didn’t realize he was making records that long ago). The oldest record in the bunch was a Victor “patents” label of Billy & Ada’s “My Hula Hula Love”. Also, a certain Arthur Godfrey record about hillbillies and slapping that would raise a few eyebrows today...
...And this record. I’m amazed it’s taken me 12 years to find a copy of. And it will probably take another 12 years to find the crying version of this one...
Now is it me? Or does it always seem when I get a lot of 78s, it’s always stuff from the 1910s-early 1920s mixed in with stuff with the 1940s and early 1950s? Because that was the age range contained in this box.
I was warned beforehand that some of the records were broken so I was prepared to be a little disappointed.
Most of the broken stuff was mostly the later stuff, unfortunately one of them was a Stan Freedburg copy of “John and Marsha” (is that the line that I used to hear in old cartoons came from?) But unfortunately some 1910s-1920s stuff was lost too. A copy of “Lucky Lindy” on the Regal label was one of them. Unfortunately, a Ken Griffin on the Rondo label was also a survivor...
But it wasn’t all bad. Many 1920s dance band records survived. There were some sequel records to “Cohen on the Telephone” in the box, usually backed with some random instrumental tune by Prince’s Band. A few Peerless and Stellar Quartette numbers on the Columbia “magic notes” label (that sometimes gave my VV-111 motor a workout.) A suggestive song from the 1950s about a woodpecker on the “blue” record label (sort of tame compared to some party records from this time period.) An early Eugene Ormandy piece on the Cameo label (didn’t realize he was making records that long ago). The oldest record in the bunch was a Victor “patents” label of Billy & Ada’s “My Hula Hula Love”. Also, a certain Arthur Godfrey record about hillbillies and slapping that would raise a few eyebrows today...
...And this record. I’m amazed it’s taken me 12 years to find a copy of. And it will probably take another 12 years to find the crying version of this one...
Two years ago (2018) I made videos of both the OKeh and Gennett Laughing Records. I am now adding my 3rd Laughing Record on the Cameo label. At first I thought it might be a copy of the Gennett record. They were both released the same year by the same artists. But, they are different recordings with different music.