RAY NOBLE-AL BOWLLY 1936 78RPM aircheck ONLY KNOWN COPY

$

155

Super-Sound Reproductions 78 RPM one-sided 12" aircheck dated 1/8/36 

Recorded from WABC - New York

ARTIST: Ray Noble and his Orchestra, vocal by Al Bowlly

SONG: That Lovely Night in Budapest (Peter De Rose- Sam M. Lewis)

CONDITION: VG, light wear but with audible scratches, plays through fine

I have up for auction the only known copy of an original acetate aircheck, recorded from Ray Noble's Coca-Cola show of January 8, 1936. The tune is "That Lovely Night In Budapest," with a previously undocumented vocal by the great Al Bowlly.

This was obtained at an auction of items from the estate of the song's co-writer, Peter De Rose. It is probable that De Rose or his music publisher commissioned the recording of this tune off the air, a fairly common practice for professional songwriters and/or music publishers in 1936. Often this was done to "shop" the tune to potential recording artists. In this case, the Noble band, under contract to Victor at the time, never recorded the tune so this is the only known recording of Noble's version, possibly arranged by Glenn Miller. Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra did record the tune for Victor a month later, on Febuary 3, 1936.

Airchecks of Ray Noble's American band of 1935-1936, with its all-star lineup of musicians including Claude Thornhill, Will Bradley, Bud Freeman and Glenn Miller, are extremely scarce, as are live recordings of Al Bowlly. Last year I made a straight transfer of this song available as an MP4 file to an international group of Al Bowlly collectors; if you have heard that track, this disc was its source.

I am grading the disc VG for numerous light and a few heavier scratches that will result in a somewhat crackly playback; however the groove wear is surprisingly light and the most basic de-clicking software should improve the sound quality enormously. There are no skips or stuck grooves.

This is a unique piece of radio and 1930s popular music history. For all we know, this may be the last on-air performance of Bowlly with the American Ray Noble band that will ever surface.

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