Phonoland

i absolutely have to have this record. Ive been looking for weeks and cant find anything on the internet. Most might know this song by the old cartoon "owl jolson" or whatever. It was also in the movie from 1936 "the singing kid". But anyways im aware that a lot of people redid this song. Id like Cab Calloway or Al jolson's but really any would do. I just know they have to have it on record! any help would be AMAZING!

ps. heres a video of "the singing kid" where they sing it. its only part tho cause its a movie and they dont sing it all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=non-JyG3bwg

man no replys yet.....i guess its looking pretty grim i have it on my ipod i want it on record! haha

Here's the information about the song from the internet movie database:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028257/soundtrack

I did a site search of the Online discographical project -- http://www.78discography.com -- and found that Cab Calloway made a recording for Brunswick, No. 7638 -- http://www.78discography.com/BRN7500.htm -- on 1/27/36.

An *.RAM (Real Player) version of that recording is available on this page -- http://www.jazz-on-line.com/Cab_Calloway.htm


That's the only reference to a recording of the song I was able to spot, so far. If I find anything else, I'll pass the information along here.

HTH
JDS

thanks so much! do you have any idea of how i could get it? i dont even know where to start. Im glad i finally found it was actually made tho....im sure procuring the record is gonna be a daunting task.

imfast101 wrote:thanks so much! do you have any idea of how i could get it? i dont even know where to start. Im glad i finally found it was actually made tho....im sure procuring the record is gonna be a daunting task.

Now that you know what to look for -- Brunswick, No. 7638 -- you could periodically check eBay, where 78s come up for sale all the time, as well as some of the other online auctions, such as:

http://www.78rpm.com/

http://www.thoseoldrecords.com/

http://www.bluesworld.com/


Other sites that sell/auction records are listed on this page: http://www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/links.html

Another option is to post a wanted ad on some of the forums catering to antique phonograph/record collectors. You can find quite a few by googling:

Antique Phonograph Forum OR "Message Board"

Good luck.

JDS

Thanks for the info! I'll def do that and post if I find it!

holy crap i finally found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i found it on ebay....the only one lol i tried every single site and posted on every forum. no one had it and it was such luck. i had to look thru 9 pages of un named cab calloway stuff....now i just gotta get it in....ill post on how good of condition its in.

Great! I just joined today! for all future references, go to gemm.com, or musicstack.com, or recordfinders.com. Of course, ebay is a good source, but watch out for "antique dealers" on there. They don't know anything about records, and their prices are outrageous. One dealer is demanding $25 per 78, regardless of condition or relevance.

sorry its been so long....work is demanding these days....so i got the record in...paid 10 bucks for two records...didnt really care about the other one tho...but its in EXCELLENT CONDITION! no greying what so ever...couple of scratches but not even worthy of mentioning. plays great! its an old brunswick...i just wish i knew the year on it so i knew if it was okay to play on my acoustic gramophone without ruining the record number is 7638 if anyone knows!

It dates from 1936.

What a HOOT!

It was great to see some of the old Warner Bros. stuff. That orchestra was awesome, and they did release an albumn back in the 70's (maybe sound effects), not sure. I'm glad they used a lot of Classical music, and it certainly got my attention. I can spank a Hammond B3 pretty good these days, but I like to go back to some of those piano pieces. Hey, have the best of both worlds...a 9-ft concert grand in the living room, and a big Hammond/Leslie setup in the family room.

This is my first time coming to this particular section 'cause I have only a few 78's, but several thousand LP's. Warner Bros was the bomb back in the day, and I did manage to catch their cartoon marathon (taped all 24 hours+) and l laughed and howled all the way...LOL

I should have popped in here a little sooner, I probably have the recording stached somewhere, but have yet to go everything I have scattered through 7 rooms in this house. --BB


Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona