Unissued On 78s, Vol. 4

Unissued On 78s, Vol. 4

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<I>Unissued on 78s</I> means just that: some of the songs here may have<br>appeared on LPs, but even so they would be several decades old by<br>now, and collector s items in their own right!</P><br>When Victor s mobile recording unit arrived in Houston, Texas in March<br>1925, one of the bands they chose to record was led by Lloyd Finlay.<br>Seven titles were made, of which six were issued. Beyond the facts that<br>Seger Ellis was their piano player, and that Jack Murhill sang on the<br>unissued title, nothing else is known about this quite interesting group,<br>which falls stylistically somewhere between hot dance music and country.</P><br> Victor s second choice for that trip was Fatty Martin s Orchestra, a much<br>more straightforward jazz outfit than Finlay s. Two excellent titles resulted,<br>and although we do have a partial list of personnel for the orchestra,<br>that is as far as our knowledge goes! After this one session, the<br>participants returned to recorded obscurity.</P><br> Next up are two titles also made for Victor s mobile unit, but in New<br>Orleans by Tony Parenti and his Famous Melody Boys. This was their<br>third recording session of 1925, having already made one Victor session<br>on the previous day, and one several months earlier for Columbia. The<br>two selections here are first-rate examples of New Orleans jazz of the<br>middle 20s.