Dear All This is really just a test message - but it will be interesting to see, on, say, 5th October 1999, whether I am still the only person on this list or...
Ian Rogers
ian.rogers@...
Oct 5, 1998 8:44 am
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Any person who wishes to obtain a few tracks which feature Al and which I don't think are on any other Cd ( I could be very wrong here!) may like to purchase...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 6, 1998 8:18 pm
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Congratulations to Ian Rogers. At last someone brave enough to run an Al Bowlly discussion site. After Bing and Sinatra maybe Al is the most listened-to...
John A B. Wright
JABW_VINTAGE@...
Oct 6, 1998 9:50 pm
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Dear John ... Eeek! I didn't realise I was being brave!!! What have I let myself in for?! ... That's my plan! ... Yes yes yes!!! We can even talk about...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 7, 1998 9:22 am
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OOOPS! I sent this to Jason only, instead of to the Al Bowlly list. If you press "reply" on your e-mail, it replies to the original poster, not to the list (I...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 7, 1998 9:26 am
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Sorry folks, I forgot to include that I think this album is only available on Tape ( I Could be wrong again ) - I would be interested to know if anybody does...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 7, 1998 6:17 pm
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Yes, Congratulations to Ian. Can we also discuss Barry Gray, the not so famous brother of Den Denny. I would like to ask if anybody knows of any other tracks...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 7, 1998 6:22 pm
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Dear All (ie Jason & John!)
Can we also discuss Barry Gray, the not so famous brother of Den Denny. =
I would like to ask if anybody knows of any other tracks...
Ian Rogers
I.Rogers@...
Oct 8, 1998 3:43 pm
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Thanks,
Its nice to find out a little more about someone, this is the big problem with music of the 30's and 40's - there's just not enough books out there...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 8, 1998 6:06 pm
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You mentioned Al Bowlly sound-a-likes, but have you ever heard Johnny Sab=
a
who sang with the Halfway House Orchestra in New Orleans in 1927-28. When=
I...
John A B. Wright
JABW_VINTAGE@...
Oct 8, 1998 11:01 pm
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Dear John
No, I've never hear Johnny Saba, or even heard OF him. Yes I'd be interested
to hear his voice!
> I'll put a link on my website this weekend. I...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 9, 1998 7:59 am
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Dear Jason
Most of that Barry Gray info came off the liner notes of the aforementioned
LP - but there was a two part article on Denny Dennis (with some...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 9, 1998 12:00 pm
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Ian asked about Barry Gray recordings, I don't know which have been issue= d on CD, according to the Rust/Forbes discography of British Dance Bands O= n ...
John A B. Wright
JABW_VINTAGE@...
Oct 9, 1998 10:19 pm
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Dear John
Thanks for the Barry Gray info!
>and according to 'Memory Lane' (No 74) Barry sang on Reginald Foresythe's
>'Anything You Like'. And in ML 11 there...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 10, 1998 8:13 am
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Guys,
Thannks for the info. I have learned more about Barry Gray in three messages than in a whole year in trying to find out further info. At least I know...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 13, 1998 9:22 pm
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Dear John
> > Thanks for the Barry Gray info!
> > >and according to 'Memory Lane' (No 74) Barry sang on Reginald Foresythe's
> >'Anything You Like'. And in...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Oct 13, 1998 9:23 pm
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I recently found Edison Bell Radio 8" disc EBR1478, which includes 'Beyon=
d
The Blue Horizon' and labelled Radio Melody Boys with Vocal Duet. On
listening you...
John A B. Wright
JABW_VINTAGE@...
Oct 13, 1998 10:34 pm
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Hello All, I'm not, as such, an Al Bowlly collector. Howevere I've collected records for many many years. From early Opera to Jazz etc. About thirty years (or...
Jane and Russ Barnes
jamb@...
Oct 14, 1998 8:22 am
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Dear John ... As Al says on "11 More Weeks & 10 More Days" - you lucky son-of-gun! ... That's "other three of us" now....Welcome to the group Russ! Means we'll...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 14, 1998 12:41 pm
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Dear Jason ... I've never heard Barry Gray singing these songs so I can't really contrast & compare - but I can't imagine that ANYONE could top the version of...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 14, 1998 12:41 pm
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Dear Russ Welcome to the group and thanks for the fascinating info on Alfie Noakes! I'm glad that the messages to this list are automatically archived - future...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 14, 1998 1:03 pm
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Tim James
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Oct 16, 1998 2:54 am
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Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 30, 1998 8:51 am
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Dear All If, like me, you are interested in late 20s/early 30s American vocalists you might be interested in a CD that I purchased the other day. It's in the ...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Oct 30, 1998 9:05 am
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I'm fairly sure that John Noakes was Alfie's son. Somebody told me this ages ago. He may be a stepson, I'm not entirely sure.
Peter Wallace
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Peter Wallace
pwallace@...
Oct 30, 1998 4:09 pm
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Dear All The only thing that makes me wonder about the John/Alfie Noakes relationship, is that Russ mentioned that Alfie lived in Bournemouth - whereas John...
Rogers, Ian
ian.rogers@...
Nov 2, 1998 9:12 am
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My stall at the recent Birmingham Fair made very little, well £80, I only sold about a tenth of my for-sale stock, and mainly the classical stuff. Main reason...
John A B. Wright
JABW_VINTAGE@...
Nov 9, 1998 9:26 pm
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John, I think you are probably okay - I paid £2.50 for my 78 of Goodnight Sweetheart the other day from a shop in the Southwest. I must confess that I find it...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Nov 9, 1998 10:25 pm
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Dear All, You may already know about this but in case you don't - Vocalion have released some more CD's:- Al Bowlly - The HMV sessions 1930 - 34 volume 2 Also...
Jason Mckenna
jason@...
Nov 9, 1998 10:32 pm
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Dear Jason Thanks! - this is great news about Vol.II of Vocalion's Ray Noble HMV records, it seems like they are going to give us the Complete Collection - as...
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