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'Forty-second Street'--Don Bestor and his orchestra, 1933.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:27 pm
by Viva-Tonal
Immortalised in the film of the same name, and also a Broadway smash, here's a recording from deep in the Depression. I found this disc in a used record shop in Springfield, Missouri a couple of years ago. I'm sorry it's not in better shape, but then, to me it's a minor miracle to find a 1933 vintage Victor record in ANY condition!
Recorded 26 February 1933; vocal by Dudley Mecum. Click on the pic!
Re: 'Forty-second Street'--Don Bestor and his orchestra, 1933.
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:21 pm
by richardh
Great tune and it doesn't sound in too bad a condition either. I find that when I have posted transfers from worn records that the process of encoding them to MP3 and transferring them to Box - well they just seem to sound better for some reason!
There are other great tunes that are hard to find as they were issued during the same depression period when I guess record buying wasn't high on the list of priorities. One that springs to mind is "Its only a paper moon". Now if you can find an early 1930's Paul Whiteman version of that Victor disk you would be doing very well indeed!
Thanks for posting your disk.
RJ
Re: 'Forty-second Street'--Don Bestor and his orchestra, 1933.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:28 am
by Viva-Tonal
You're quite welcome!