Bill & Puss Musical Crackers Transcription ca. 1932 + Red Nichols, Jabbo Smith
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You may know singing comedians Bill Hawley and Bob Donohoo from their 1928 Los Angeles recording of "Dolores and "Lila" with terrific hot accompaniment including cornetist George Wendt. It's a West coast rarity and a lesser-known "sounds like Bix" item. You can hear it on YouTube.
The record offered here is something different. It's a West coast electrical transcription containing two 14-minute radio programs entitled "Musical Crackers," episodes 1 and 2. Bill and Puss perform songs and comedy -- with many references to the depression -- with accompaniment from a piano player referred to as "Johnny."
On each side, they introduce and comment on musical interludes (some including applause), each a minute or two long, as if the musicians were with them in the studio. But the musicians are not in the studio. The performances seem to me to be recorded, and to derive from commercially released Brunswick records by Red Nichols, Jabbo Smith and others. Here's an excerpt: https://clyp.it/fitbmjq0?token=a15a66cda82f14a5d2ef6f4952f59ca1 (In the excerpt, the music is taken from Jabbo Smith's record of "Lina Blues.")
I cannot identify all of the performers or the songs. Nor can I guarantee that the music has been released elsewhere. These two programs are not released elsewhere and apparently are undocumented. The disc itself is likely one of a kind.
This twelve-inch record plays at 33 rpm with an inside start. It is in V+ condition generally, with many scuffs and small scratches that sound lightly or not at all. Please note the following flaws: on side 1, a few very small (1/2" or less) lams at the rim that do not sound; and on side 2, a four-inch shadow moon lam (invisible on the other side) from that ticks unobtrusively during the last few minutes of episode 2. As a laminated pressing, it plays pretty well, albeit with some surface noise.
I'm a longtime collector who is downsizing. I know how to pack records.
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