[Dixielandjazz] Re: Six And Seven-eights String band LP

[glen page]

Hi All,

Hope this is not redundant but here is an oppurtunity to see the complete
liner notes accompanying Folkways 2671, The Six and Seven Eighths String
Band.

Go to Google and search for references to the band. You will soon see a link
to the Smithsonian/Folkways site and notification that a cd is now
available, a list of titles is given and at the right hand side of the page
a miniscule copy of the cd liner. Click on this and lo and behold a copy of
the full liner notes from the original lp is available. This was scanned
from a copy of the record in the University of Alberta, it was somewhat
difficult to read. But a date is clearly shown on the record sleeve, this
may have been date of issue though as it does not state it to be the
recording date.

Several good pictures are also reproduced.

Good night all, Glen.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Ate van Delden" <ate.vandelden at worldonline.nl>; "dixieland jazz mail
list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Six And Seven-eights String band LP


> Dear Ate and Hans,
> I have the 'Jepson' volume with that entry for the Six & Seven-Eighths
> String Band Of New Orleans and the recording date of 20 March 1949 for the
> two New Orleans Records' and Circle' 78s.
> I suggest that when Jorgen Jepsen compiled this information in 1963-4 is
was
> assumed to be a single session. Hence his note that Folkways used
different
> takes for the repeated tune titles.
> A later reliable source I have provides the June 1955 date for Folkways
> FP671 and FA2671.
> I see no reason why the band could not repeat the same tunes for a later
> Folkways session. It seems that Ate has both versions of some tunes. Does
> the recording sound seem the same for each?
> Another note I have for the Folkways FA2671 LP says: Produced by Frederic
> Ramsey.
> Artist, Edmond Souchon.
> Artist, Six and Seven-Eighths String Band.
> Produced by Samuel Barclay Charters.
> which (to me) implies that Folkways initiated the later record session.
> Folkways Records was founded by Moses Asch and Marian Distler in 1948 and
> became renowned for its release of of blues, folk and bluegrass recordings
> by re-discovered performers from the 1920s and 1930s, as well as
> contemporary performers.
> There is a 2003 book 'Folkways Records: Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of
> Sound' by Anthony Olmsted, published by Routledge.
> The contents page suggests that the book provides a detailed background to
> the company's recording activities and may indicate when its first LPs
were
> produced and released in the early 1950s. At US$95 a copy I have not
> bothered to buy the book.
> I realise that more research is needed, but feel confident that 1955 is a
> more likely date for the Folkways LP than 1949.
> I thought that I had a copy of the LP, but can't find it. Maybe the LP
notes
> provide a hidden clue.
> Or the LP label, as Folkways usually gave a copyright date for its
material.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
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