[Dixielandjazz] ODJB Columbia Recording - was - Sweet Figlio

[Stephen G Barbone]

Somehow, the story about that Columbia recording keeps surfacing.  
Perhaps both Anton and Jack are right. Below snip from  http://www.redhotjazz.com/odjb.html 
, a source which is usually accurate.

"the record "Livery Stable Blues", coupled with "Dixie Jass Band One  
Step" became the first Jazz record ever released on February 26, 1917  
for the Victor Talking Machine Company. It was wildly successful. Its  
release signaled the beginning of the Jazz age and helped define the  
wild, exuberent era we call the "Roaring Twenties". The Original  
Dixieland Jazz Band had recorded for Columbia in January 1917, but the  
session was unsuccessful and the band had to come back and re-record  
the songs, thus the release of the Columbia sides did not come about  
until after the amazing success of the Victor records."

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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