In Springtime        mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File
Roy Carlson's Dance Orchestra
Smith Ballew, vocal                           1929
(Banner 6419 B mx 2289)

Dimples    mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File
Roy Carlson's Dance Orchestra         1929
(Banner 6471 B mx 2404)

Smiling Irish Eyes   mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File 
Buddy Blue And His Texans
Smith Ballew, vocal                           1929
(Banner 6471 mx 2403)

S'posin'    mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File
Buddy Blue And His Texans
Smith Ballew, vocal                           1929
(Banner 6419 A mx 2288)

Here are a some recordings from the budget priced Banner label.

Artist credits on budget or "dime store" labels were frequently pseudonyms with the actual bands usually either being the record company's in-house studio orchestra or a band that was already under contract with another record label and thus unable to record under its real name.

Roy Carlson's Dance Orchestra was, in all but a couple of instances, used as a pseudonym for the Adriane Schubert Orchestra.   Schubert was the music director for Banner's parent company from 1925 to 1930 when he moved to Crown, a bargain label which was primarily sold in Woolworth stores.

Buddy Blue And His Texans was a pseudonym used for recordings by the Smith Ballew Orchestra.   Before finding success in New York City as a bandleader and sought after recording studio vocalist, Ballew had been a highly regarded jazz performer and bandleader in his native Texas.   When these recordings were made, the Ballew orchestra was also recording for Okeh and its parent label Columbia, both of which issued record using Ballew's real name.  My strong guess is that his contract with Okeh restricted him from using his name on releases on other labels.   At the time, bands and musicians rarely received royalties for their recordings and were simply paid a flat fee for each recording they made.   Under such a system, work in the recording studios was usually quite lucrative for the musicians, especially once the Depression hit.  For that reason, recording contracts often did not prevent well known musicians and bandleaders from recording for other companies so long as their actual identity was disguised.

 - Dismuke
 
 

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EXTRA

This section will  present 78 rpm recordings that do not fall within the range of the vintage pop and jazz  fare that I usually  present.  Here I will feature recordings from a wide variety of eras, musical genres and nationalities as well as occasional spoken word recordings.
 
 
  

Duck Tango (Pato)     mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File
Argentine Tipica Orchestra               1926
(Victor 20740 B)

Old Maid Tango (Solterona)   mp3 stream  |  Real Audio Stream  | Real Audio File
Argentine Tipica Orchestra               1926
(Victor 20740 B)

Here are two tangos recorded in Buenos Aries by Orchestra Tipica Victor - though pressings for the United States market were credited as Argentine Tipica Orchestra.   The band was a very prolific in-house studio ensemble for the Victor Talking Machine Company's Argentina subsidiary from 1926 through 1944. .  From 1926 - 1936 the band was directed by Adolpho Carabelli.   While the band was mostly devoted to tango,  occasional waltz, ranchera and fox trot recordings were also issued.

"Solterona" was composed by Ángel D'Agostino and Julio Pollero, both of whom were Argentine bandleaders.  "Pato" was written by Uruguayan composer Ramon Collazo.

You can find additional music files by Orchestra Tipica Victor on this page at TodoTango.com.  The site features a wealth of in depth information about tango artists from the period and  includes quite a number of audio files.   Both  English and Spanish language versions of the site are available - though, unfortunately, many of the audio files only work on the Spanish version.

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