[Phono-L] Edison/Dalhart question

estott estott at localnet.com
Sat May 26 19:11:51 PDT 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Wright" <esroberto at hotmail.com>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison/Dalhart question


>I just caught my mistake as I was sending that!  Darn it.  I meant to say 
>I'm trying to collect every take Dalhart did for Edison.  I have Dalhart 
>singing this song on Victor, Supertone, and ...  something else...  can't 
>remember...  3 or 4 different standard 78 labels, and it seems the only 
>times he sang the entire lyric were for the 4-minute Edison releases, as 
>far as I can tell.

It's a pretty lengthy song if taken at a reasonable tempo- I don't think you 
could fit all the verses on one 10 inch side, though I believe by omitting a 
chorus he comes close. 



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