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Month: November 2018
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‘A New Departure?’: Record Series, Rhythm Clubs, and the Reception of ‘Hot Rhythm’ Music in 1930s Britain
Written by Lawrence Davies Lawrence Davies is a blues researcher, pianist and PhD student at King’s College, London. His current interests are devoted to research in blues and jazz, particularly in Britain before the 1960s. […]
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The Marx Brothers’ “Everyone Says ‘I Love You'” in Film and Popular Music
Written by Erin Elisavet Kozak Erin has written for us and our Discographer Magazine before, creating original articles of content based on music and movies. When Peter Bogdanovich spoke with director Leo McCarey in the […]
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Cyril Ramon Newton – The Voice of the 1920’s (Part 2)
Written by Terry Brown Terry Brown is a very well respected researcher, discographer, author and authority on the history of early dance bands and the performers of the big band era. He has written many […]
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Cyril Ramon Newton – The Voice of the 1920’s (Part 1)
Written by Terry Brown Terry Brown is a very well respected researcher, discographer, author and authority on the history of early dance bands and the performers of the big band era. He has written many […]
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Parlophone’s ‘Race Series’ 78rpm Discography
The ‘Race Series’ was issued at the rate of one record per month from January 1936 until the end of the year, with the remaining five records being presented between February and October 1937. In […]
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‘Race Series’ Performer Biographies
Written by Frank Phillips 1 PARLOPHONE RACE SERIES – THE ARTISTES For a survey and overview of the 78rpms mentioned below, please see article here. BLACK DEVILS – Named on the original Columbia release (⦿14585- […]
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Parlophone’s 78rpm ‘Race Series’ – A Survey
Written by Frank Phillips 1 That Parlophone became renowned for its jazz record output should have come as no surprise, since the company had direct access to Okeh’s vast reserves of excellent masters from the […]
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The Keith Prowse Sponsored Parlophone 78s
Compiled and Written by Frank Philips (First published here with the expressed permission of the Estate of Mr. Phillips. No reproduction allowed whatsoever.) During the months of February and March 1927, London music publishers Keith […]
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Parlophone New ‘Rhythm-Style’ Series – Presenting ‘Rhythm-Style’ to the Nation
Written by Frank Philips (First published here with the expressed permission of the Estate of Mr. Phillips. No reproduction allowed whatsoever.) Although there was apparently very little in the way of pre-launch publicity for the […]