Thursday 4 September 2008

The 78s - Decelith 8" - Part 2



There are four discs with the printed number 416 7. As stated in the previous post, it is very difficult to read the hand-written titles so I have only posted one sample picture here.

"Oh Lady Be Good"/"Liebestraum"
These sound like "live" performances as some crowd noise is evident. Liebestraum features trumpet, accordion and piano, but Sutton is sitting this one out as there is no sax or clarinet.

"There Goes That Song Again"/"At the Woodchoppers Ball"
The first side features an unknown male vocalist. As vocals go, they are just about passable, so I imagine it is one of the band doubling up, rather than a "proper" singer. I suspect it is Art Sutton, as the trumpet part continues behind the vocals (so it cannot be Claude), while the sax is silent. Definitely not Don or Denis and very unlikely to be Ted.

"Adios Muchachos"/"Dinah"
The first side is an accordion feature with no trumpet or reeds. The second side is made up of clarinet, accordion, guitar, bass and drums. This matches a photo (yet to be posted) entitled "The Five in Jive" which indicates that some members of the band played at times as a quintet.

"Liebestraum"/"Song of the Steppes"
The arrangement of Liebestraum is the same as for the "live" version above.

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