FROM DAN L - THE WHITEMAN PROJECT REPORT

Dear Toasters,

Thanks to the diligent efforts of John E. Miller, we now have
virtually everything needed to complete the Paul Whiteman project,
which began many moons ago.  I have finished 10 discs--nine volumes
of the complete acoustics plus the first volume of electrics.

Some of the records are desperately in need of upgrading.  Our plan
is to circulate this first series only among collectors who
would like to participate in sifting through the discs and comparing
the condition of my records with the copies in their own collection.

I realize many of the sides I transferred are available (in better
sound) on CD, or even LP, but I deliberately used shellac in all
cases, except where none was available.  I have most of the acoustics
on shellac, and a great many Whiteman CDs and LPs, and I plan to A-B
the shellac with the same sides on other formats, eventually.  The
main thing was to get the "first draft" done.

If you are interested in participating in "Round One," please let
Will Friedwald
(<unclefreeds@nyc.rr.com>unclefreeds@nyc.rr.com) and Donald
Gardiner (<cyranno_ny@hotmail.com>cyranno_ny@hotmail.com)
know, so they can get you a set.

Here is what were are still missing:


Vic 25436  Underneath the Mellow Moon (February 15, 1928)

Col 7172-M  Concerto in F Part 6  (98575-3 ì may not exist)

Vic L-35001 (LP)  Grand Canyon  Suite (Painted Desert/On the
Trail) (72097-1)

Vic L-35002 (LP)  Grand Canyon  Suite (On the TrailPart 2) (72100-1)

Experimental Recording (LP)  In the Dim, Dim Dawning (73971-1)

Vic 67-2000 (LP)  A Night with Paul Whiteman at the Biltmore  (74634-1)

Vic 24598  Broadway?Äôs Gone Hill-Billy (81989-2) as Ramona and Paul
Whiteman's Boys

Vic 25023  Ninon

Dec 2466  Rose Room (65361-A) Paul Whiteman Bouncing Brass

Dec 2937  Darn that Dream

Dec 2937  My Fantasy

Dec 29058  Manhattan Serenade

Dec 29058  Manhattan Moonlight

Dec 29059  Metropolitan Nocturne

Dec 29059  Manhattan Masquerade



And, while I'm at it, here are a few additional items on my
ever-shrinking want list:



I need the following items in order to do a complete run of the
Bennie Krueger Orchestra on Brunswick:

Brunswick 2435  Some Day You'll Cry Over Someone

                              Don't Be Too Sure

Brunswick 3478  Why Can't You Find Time for Me?

                              Hoosier Sweetheart



I need the following items in order to do a complete run of Ross
Gorman's Orchestras on Edison, Harmony, and Gennett, to complement
the complete Columbias I assembled a couple of years ago:

ROSS GORMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Edison 51905 The Sphinx

                       Come Day Go Day



ROSS GORMAN AND HIS FIRE-EATERS

Gennett 6312 Pardon the Glove

                      My Wife's in Europe Today



And how about this rare Andy Sannella side:

OKeh 41278  Ich Leibe Dich

                      At Close of Day



Or these elusive sides by my hero, Rudy Wiedoeft:

RW AND GEORGE HAMILTON GREEN

Emerson 7555 (7") The Moonlight Waltz



WIEDOEFT-WADSWORTH QUARTET

Pathe 22278  I Left My Door Open and My Daddy Walked Out



WIEDOEFT'S CALIFORNIANS

Olympic 15103  Home Again Blues

                           Midnight Moon



REGA DANCE ORCHESTRA

OKeh 4395  Oriola



Thank you for your help in preserving this music.