Re: [ARSCLIST] Bix Beiderbecke "reissue" 78's

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Biltmore, not Biltmor..Biltmor was a Canadian label around 1950. Funny about 
dropping the final E on common names..there was a label up here called Yorkshir 
as well. We drop Es and add Us.

Biltmore, Temple, Sentry (and a few others) all put out dubs of rare jazz 78s. 
Some of them weren't too atrocious. Some were..but how else were you going to 
say you owned a copy of Zulu's Ball?

dl

David Lennick wrote:
> Sweet Sue was a dub, and there are two versions..the complete original 
> (4:25 or so) and one with the "florid introduction" removed. We had the 
> set with the complete version but the liner notes were unchanged, so for 
> years I wondered how much longer the original could have been! I didn't 
> find the shorter version till just a few years ago.
>
> And the second album is definitely all dubs, but all the Columbia 
> reissue albums were dubs by this time, like Crosby Classics Volume II. 
> In fact Columbia was dubbing older European classical masters as well c. 
> 1950.
>
> Did Boris Rose have anything to do with Biltmor? I've seen some lacquers 
> where the labels were the blank sides of old Biltmor labels.
>
> dl
>
> David Weiner wrote:
> > Some of the Columbia reissues - especially the first album,  are mostly
> > master pressings. I think the later album is all dubs.
> >
> > The Biltmores are definitely all bootleg dubs.
> >
> > Dave W.
> > ----------------------
> >
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I am interested in details about two Bix Beiderbecke reissue 78's.
> >
> > First of all, the albums put out by Columbia in the late 40's, 
> > reissues of
> > Okeh records -- were those made from old metal parts or are they dubs 
> > of old records?
> >
> > Second, what's the story on the 78's put out on the Biltmore label? These
> > seem to be either licensed reissues or bootlegs of old Gennett and 
> > Victor records, of the Wolverines
> > and the Whiteman band.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any answers!
> >
> > -- Tom Fine