Re: [ARSCLIST] request for Decca & V-Disc session data

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I posted all this stuff to 78-L the other day! Here it is:

Here's what I got, first for V-Disc:

VD 47 A & B, recorded mid-September 1943, V-Disc recording session, RCA Victor 
studios, New York.

Also: 2 selections (unissued) recorded November 20/44 at a "For The Record" 
session, Constitution Hall, Washington DC:
    Black is the Color
    The Keeper of the Eddystone Light

Decca:

June 27/44:
72303/5 as listed, no unissued titles.

June 28/44:
72315    Lolly Toodum (DL 9102)
72316    Mo Mary (DL 9102)
72317    The Old Maid; Early One Morning (24211 + LP issues)
72318    The Devil and The Farmer's Wife (unissued)

March 15/45:
72770, 72773, 72776, 72777 as listed.
72771    The Next Market Day; The Soldier and the Lady (unissued)
72772    The Sally Gardens (unissued)
72774    Fain Would I Wed a Fair Young Maid (DL 9102)
72775    The White Lillie (unissued)

No other sessions listed.

dl

Thomas Stern wrote:
> I need the session details for Richard Dyer-Bennet's DECCA sessions,
> and the sole V-Disc (are there others?)
> particularly recording date/location, missing matrix numbers.
> THANKS!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> This is the information I have:
>
> Recorded in NYC, June 27-28, 1944 & March 15, 1945
> Richard Dyer-Bennett, with guitar.
> 72303   EGGS AND MARROWBONE              Decca 24209 B (side 2)    DLP 5046
> A2    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72304   THE WILLOW TREE                  Decca 24210 A (side 3)    DLP 5046
> A3    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72305   GREENSLEEVES                     Decca 24212 A (side 7)    DLP 5046
> B3    DL 9102/79102  ED 531  DL 30456
>
> 72317   THE OLD MAID                     Decca 24211 B(1) (side 6) DLP 5046
> B2(2) DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72317   EARLY ONE MORNING                Decca 24211 B(2) (side 6) DLP 5046
> B2(2) DL 9102/79102  ED 531
>
> 72770   OH SALLY MY DEAR                 Decca 24212 A (side 8)    DLP 5046
> B4    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72773   SWAPPING SONG                    Decca 24211 A (side 5)    DLP 5046
> B1    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72776   THE DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE  Decca 24209 A (side 1)    DLP 5046
> A1    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
> 72777   VILLIKIENS AND HIS DINAH         Decca 24210 B (side 4)    DLP 5046
> A5    DL 9102/79102  ED 531
>
>         LOLLY TOODUM
> DL 9102/79102
>         MO MARY
> DL 9102/79102
>         FAIN WOULD I WED A FAIR YOUNG MAID
> DL 9102/79102
>
>
> V-Disc 47            12"-78rpm
> VP- VP-158-D3-MC-197-1   Venezuela
> VP- VP-159-D3-MC-198-1   The keeper of the Eddistone Light.
>                          Foggy, foggy dew.
> Richard Dyer-Bennett, with guitar.