[Dixielandjazz] Condon at Town Hall

[Charles Kercher]

Hey Robert, I think that BG was referring only to the tone and really meant 
it went he said Pee Wee was great.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
To: <ekercher at tampabay.rr.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Condon at Town Hall


> Marek wrote:
>
>>I beg to disagree!
>> I have only one Town Hall double album (I'm really not interested in
>> commercials for war bonds, or news announcements about what the allies
>> had liberated at the time of the concert), but I have most of the
>> Condon gang pre-war records.  Nevertheless, Bixieland and Coast to
>> Coast Jam Session (With the Rampart St. Praders on the flip side) are
>> my favorite Condon records (I have quite a few more, including the
>> 1940's Deccas).
>>
>> Oh, and I've never been convinced that Pee Wee played badly in the
>> forties; I even protested when this was mentioned on the Mississippi
>> Rag Bulletin Board.  My ears (even though I am a BG admirer) tell me
>> that Pee Wee was great - but then, by the time I came to jazz, his
>> sound was widely accepted.
>> Cheers
>
>>
> Dear Marek,
>
> You do not reference the post that you are disagreeing with.  What is it 
> you
> disagree about?  The music? Or the fact of having commercials and news
> announcements on the air checks?
>
> You indicate that you are not interested in commercials for war bonds and
> "news announcements about what the allies
>> had liberated at the time."
>
> Of course we all have a right to have our own opinions.  To me, those
> commercials really add a sense of history to the recordings.  Especially
> since they were an integral part of the show.
>
> When listening to the old time radio dramas and comedy, it is always great
> to be able to hear the commercials.  They were a reflection of the times.
> often we don't hear the commercials because the only shows that were
> preserved were the ones for Armed Forces Radio and they had the band play
> during the time when the commercials were done.
>
> I especially loved the commercials on the Jack Benny shows.
>
> --Bob Ringwald.
> www.ringwald.com
>
>
>
>
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