Date:         Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:08:43 -0500
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From:         "Steven C. Barr(x)" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Liberty Music Shop - Beatrice Lillie
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From: "Jim Long" <[log in to unmask]>
> In a message dated 2/10/2008 12:04:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> > Date:    Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:34:50 -0500
> > From:    Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
> > Does anyone have a Liberty Music Shop 10inch LP reissue of this album, which
> > contains annotations?  I've seen only a blank liner, and a liner listing LMS
> > albums.
> > Were there notes for the 78 issue? (I've only seen a couple of the 78's ,
> > not the album)
> > Would someone be able to  supply a scan or photocopy?
>
> I don't have the LP reissue but have a complete 78-rpm set.  Alas, it has no
> liner notes; the inside front cover that might contain notes is tan paper.
> Just to be certain we are talking about the same recordings, mine is entitled
> "Thirty Minutes with Beatrice Lillie" and includes the following titles:
>
> 1.  Mad about the Boy (school girl version)
> 2.  Mad about the Boy (Cockney maid version)
> 3.  Weary of it All
> 4.  I Hate Spring
> 5.  Three White Feathers
> 6.  Get Yourself a Geisha
> 7.  The Gutter Song
> 8.  Marvelous Party
>
> There is no album number; the disc labels are numbered consecutively (same
> number both sides) from L-249 through L-252.  The labels also contain the
matrix
> numbers, e.g., P24114, which are not consecutive.  The discs appeared to be
> mastered by Capitol Records, having the typical US Capitol building imprint in
> the run-out area.
>
> Do you know when these sides were recorded?
>
Actually, the P##### number suggests they were recorded by either ARC or
Columbia, and the "P" indicates a "private" (i.e. done for a client)
recording. I would guess that these were processed at the west-coast
(originally Columbia, until 1934) facility which later pressed a
number of sides for west-coast clients. Their pressings DO have the
logo which, IIRC, ISN'T the capitol...?

Steven C. Barr