Paul Specht was actually born here in the Reading Area. The Specht house still stands right next to the cemetery where he's buried in Sinking Spring, PA.
Parlophone /Odeon contracted w/Columbia for these US Pressings, they used Columbia's west coast pressing plant in Oakland, hence the lamenated pressings - beautiful "sensitonal" surface and western electric. recording. Columbias always had great recordings, tonal balance and surfaces, which gave them an excellent product to market, just poor segmented marketing.
Even the US Columbia issued Paul Spechts are scarce anyway on the West Coast, as he was a Chicago based band,
so the Parlophone/Odeons are scarceer. Frank Guarante on Trumpet. (his soloat 2:30). When you see a band named "The Georgians" on Harmony, Velvetone, Diva or Clarion that is really Specht's band being led by Guarante, really worth picking up as they
are hot. Yes I do have the Pollack on Victor of this, w/Jack Teagarden as the vocal.
I've heard that the US-pressed Parlos and Odeons are so scarce because they were strictly for West Coast distribution (being pressed in Oakland, IIRC).
Paul Specht was actually born here in the Reading Area. The Specht house still stands right next to the cemetery where he's buried in Sinking Spring, PA.
Tadd1925 1 year ago
@VTMCompany I noticed the same thing.
tmmvds 1 year ago
reminds me a lot of AFTER YOU'VE GONE...
VTMCompany 1 year ago
Great! A real win!
MrXnews 1 year ago
In the 1929 movie the song is reprised by Dorothy Lee and Helen Kaiser whilst Wheeler and Woolsey perform their famous slapping scene. Great fun.
geoff189d 2 years ago
I really enjoyed this,since Paul Specht came from nearby Pottstown,Pa.
Bigband78 2 years ago
Parlophone /Odeon contracted w/Columbia for these US Pressings, they used Columbia's west coast pressing plant in Oakland, hence the lamenated pressings - beautiful "sensitonal" surface and western electric. recording. Columbias always had great recordings, tonal balance and surfaces, which gave them an excellent product to market, just poor segmented marketing.
78timothy 2 years ago
Even the US Columbia issued Paul Spechts are scarce anyway on the West Coast, as he was a Chicago based band,
so the Parlophone/Odeons are scarceer. Frank Guarante on Trumpet. (his soloat 2:30). When you see a band named "The Georgians" on Harmony, Velvetone, Diva or Clarion that is really Specht's band being led by Guarante, really worth picking up as they
are hot. Yes I do have the Pollack on Victor of this, w/Jack Teagarden as the vocal.
78timothy 2 years ago
Is that a statement or a wish? :D
I've heard that the US-pressed Parlos and Odeons are so scarce because they were strictly for West Coast distribution (being pressed in Oakland, IIRC).
????? Any intel appreciated.
RatPfink66 2 years ago
I have the Ben Pollack of this w/Goodman
great record. Sorry for all the sloppy typops in my previous entry. Have a sticky keyboard.
78timothy 2 years ago