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AARONSONIA, VOLUME ONE

COMPLETE EDISON & VICTOR RECORDINGS, 1925-1928


THE EDISON SESSION, 1/20/26 (acoustic) label credit as IRVING AARONSON'S CRUSADERS, FRANK CORNWELL-DIRECTOR, vFRANK CORNWELL (both titles), issued as Edison 51685.

Don't Wake Me Up (Let Me Dream) (L Wolfe Gilbert, Mable Wayne, Abel Baer) Edison-R 51685 (10782-B)

I Dare Not Love You (Intro: Twlight Voices) From Princes Flavia (Harry B. Smith/Sigmund Romberg) EDISON-L 51685 (Mx #10783-A)


THE VICTOR SESSIONS, 1926-1928:

Wimmin Aaah! (Green-Warren-Dougherty) Vocal Phil Saxe & chorus. Victor 20002-a (35220-4) NY, 3/19/26

Poor Papa (He's Got Nothin' At All) (Billy Rose-Harry Woods) Vocal Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-Frank Cornwell. Victor 20002-B (35235-2). NY, 3/24/26.

He Ain't Done Right By Nell (Howard-Mack-Gallagher) IA--Voc. Phil Saxe and Clifford "Red" Stanley. Victor 20034-B (35234-6) NY, 4/27/26

Spring is Here (George J. Bennett-Sam Carlton) IA--Voc. Phil Saxe and Clifford "Red" Stanley. Victor 20034-A (35348-5) NY, 4/27/26

What Good is "Good Morning"? (There's More Good in "Good Night!") (Lewis-Young-Santly) IA--Voc. Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-Harold Saliers. Victor 20063-A (35517-9) NY, 5/13/26

The Pump Song (Lerner-Fields-Whiting) IA. Voc. Phil Saxe. Victor 20083-A (35518-3). NY, 5/15/26

Hi-Ho the Merrio (As Long As She Loves Me) (Brown-Davis-Conrad). IA. Voc. Phil Saxe and Clifford "Red" Stanley. Victor 20063-B (35519-3) NY, 5/15/26

Ya Gotta Know How To Love
(Bud Green-Harry Warren). Vocal Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-Harold Saliers. Victor 20059-B (35516-10) NY 5/13/26.

I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers [TAKE 1] (Rich - Coslow - Link). Vocal Phil Saxe, with Irving Aaronson-Clifford "Red" Stanley-Stanley Johnson. Mx #35712-1; originally unissued, from LP: RCA Victor LPV-557, Vintage Series: 1926 NY, 6/23/26. JL: "So begins the Aaronson food trilogy: 'Animal Crackers,' 'Waffles' and 'Spinach!'

I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers [TAKE 3] As for #4, except Mx #35712-3, issued on Victor 20094-A. NY, 6/23/26

Waffles (Fred Fisher-Al Koppel). Vocal Phil Saxe & chorus. Vic 20094-B. (35714-3). NY, 6/23/26

Do You Believe In Dreams? Vic 20095. NY, 6/25/26

What! No Spinach? (Tracy-Aitken-Moore). Vocal Phil Saxe & chorus. Vic 20117-B. (35721-1) NY, 6/25/26

Hard-To-Get-Gertie (Jack Yellin-Milton Ager) . Vocal Irving Aaronson. Vic 20100-B. (35722-1) NY, 6/25/26

Give Me A Ukelele And A Ukelele Baby (And Leave The Rest To Me) (Brown-Williams). Vocal Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-Harold Saliers. Vic 20385-A (36947-6). NY, 12/10/26

Ev'rything's Peaches (For Peaches And Me) (Harry D. Squires). Vocal Franklyn Baur. Vic 20385-B. (36948-6). NY, 12/10/26

I Never See Maggie Alone (Harry Tilsley-Everett Lynton). IA. Voc. Phil Saxe. Victor 20473-B (37410-3). Camden, NJ, 1/7/27

Crazy Words-Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O) [TAKE 5] (Yellen-Ager). Vocal Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-Frank Leitner. (Mx#37409-5) originally unissued take. From Lp: RCA Victor 2PV-545, Vintage Series 1928 (This take not listed in Rust, although other Vintage LP takes are.) Camden, NJ, 2/4/27.

Crazy Words-Crazy Tune (Vo-Do-De-O) [TAKE 8] Victor 20473-A Mx#37409-8. Camden, NJ 2/4/27

Let's Misbehave [TAKE 2] (From Musical Comedy Paris) (Cole Porter) Vocal Phil Saxe & chorus (a la Rhythm Boys). Victor 21260-A {rare pressing} (Mx #42526-3). This rare take also turned up on a test pressing, however, we used the original 78, which sounded slightly better. Camden, NJ, 3/1/28.

Let's Misbehave [TAKE 3] (Mx #42526-3). This take first issued in 1967 on the LP: RCA Victor LPV-523, Vintage Series: 1928

Let's Misbehave. [TAKE 4]Victor 21260-A {common pressing} (Mx#42526-4) Camden, NJ 3/1/28.

An' Furthermore (Bud Green-Harry Warren). Vocal Irving Aaronson-Phil Saxe-chorus. Victor 21260-B. (42527-1)

we need alternate take of 25 from Pye / Dixon

Toasted by, and from the collection of John Leifert. Additional material from Gus Kuhlman and Peter Mintun, additional toasting and collecting by Henry Schmidt and Al Simmons. Toastmaster Supreme: Howard Melton.

AARONSONIA, VOLUME TWO
COMPLETE VICTOR RECORDINGS, 1928-1929
SELECTED VOCALION & COLUMBIA RECORDINGS, 1933-1934

PART ONE: THE REMAINING ( COMPLETE) VICTOR RECORDINGS, 1928-1929


Don't Look At Me That Way (From Musical Comedy "Paris") (Cole Porter). Vocal Irene Bordoni, accompanied by Irving Aaronson's Commanders. Mx #43763-3; originally unissued take. Camden, NJ 6/24/28. {note: JL does NOT have the issued Victor Bordoni, Victor 21742}

The Land of Going To Be (waltz) (From Musical Comedy "Paris") (Ray Goetz-Walter Kollo). Vocal Jack Armstrong & chorus. Victor 21745-A (42528-4). Camden, NJ DATE UNREADABLE.

IRENE BORDONI with AARONSON

5/3/28

two little babes in the wood - unissued
let's misbehave - unissued
the land of going to be - unissued
don't look at me that way - issued on Vintage LP (LPV-523) - also on new Cole Porter CD from Indianna historical CD.

6/24/28

two little babes in the wood - unissued
let's misbehave - unissued
the land of going to be - issued on 78 : Vic 21742
don't look at me that way - issued on 78 : Vic 21742


Evening Star (Help Me Find My Man) (Roy Turk-Fred E. Ahlert). Vocal Jack Armstrong & chorus (notice - for a split second, a far-off woman's soprano voice is heard in chorus!) Victor 21451-A (43765-3). Camden, NJ. 5/4/28.
Possibly take from FRED AHLERT CD?
Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It (From Musical Comedy "Paris") (Roy Turk-Fred E. Ahlert) Vocal Phil Saxe & 'male chorus' (Charlie Trotta-Tony Pastor). Victor 21778-A (47572-6). NY 10/16/28 (NEED PETER MINTUN'S TAKE 4 UNISSUED)

alternate take 4

I'll Get By As Long As I Have You (Roy Turk-Fred E. Ahlert). Vocal Jack Armstrong & trio (Charlie Trotta-Jimmy Taylor-Tony Pastor). Victor 21786-A (47573-6). NY, 10/16/28. (NOTE: The published stock arrangement has a vocal trio part NOTE FOR NOTE IDENTICAL to the intricate trio part on this side! It's arranged by Fred E. Ahlert himself. It's not clear if this preceeded the record, of if he actually arranged the trio harmonies for Aaronson, and decided to publish the trio part).

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (From Musical Comedy "Paris") (Cole Porter). Vocal Phil Saxe-Jack Armstrong. Victor 21745-B (47749-3). NY, 10/16/28

My Scandinavian Gal (By Yumpin' Yiminy) (composer names unreadable) Vocal Phil Saxe. Victor 21778-B (47750-2). NY 10/16/28.

Sweetheart Of All My Dreams (I Love You-I Love You-I Love You) (A & K Fitch-Lowe). Vocal Jack Armstrong-Charlie Trotta-Tony Pastor-Ralph Napoli. Victor 21834-A. (49406-2). NY, 12/21/28. A very Whiteman-esque side.

All By Yourself In The Moonlight (Jay Wallis). Vocal Phil Saxe & trio (one is Tony Pastor). Victor 21867-B (48578-3) NY, 1/16/29.


*If I Had You (Shapiro-Campbell-Connelly). Vocal "Burt Lorin" (Scrappy Lambert). Victor 21867-A (48577-6). NY, 2/6/29.

 

PART TWO: SELECTED VOCALION & COLUMBIA RECORDINGS, 1933-1934

{Br. 4883: Why Have You Forgotten Waikiki & Moonlight On The Colorado - JL does NOT have, VERY RARE.

Lazy Bones (Mercer-Carmichael). Dick Robertson. Vocalion 25004-A (13697-1). NY, 8/3/33

Shadows On The Swanee (Young-Burke-Spina). Vocal Dick Robertson. Vocalion 25004-B (13698-2). NY, 8/3/33.

Ah! But Is It Love? (From "Moonlight and Pretzels") (Harburg-Gorney) Vocal Ruth Brent. Vocalion 25005-A (13699-1) NY, 8/3/33.

I've Gotta Get Up And Go To Work (From "Moonlight and Pretzels") (Herman Hupfeld). Vocal Dick Robertson. Vocalion 25005-B (13700-1). NY, 8/3/33. Possibly Mickey Bloom, hot trumpet.
Will note: POSSIBLY USE transfer FROM DEPRESSION CD....

you gotta be a football hero - jeff healey has
moonlight down in lover's lane - jeff healey has

Southern accent [JL]
Olive [JL}

commanderism - out of sequence, but we have... [PL]
Jazzaroo [PL]
Above already transferred by Dan on Blue columbia comp.

way back home
Flip - already transferred from Roger...

Roger also has FLIRTATION WALK on English Columbia by IRV A!