The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50800   Message #2376153
Posted By: Charley Noble
28-Jun-08 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: Richard Dyer-Bennet
Subject: RE: Richard Dyer-Bennett
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One of the odd records I turned up stashed in with an album of old 78's was one labeled Rockhill Recordings. On Side 1 the tracks are "The Tailor & the Mouse," "Buckeye Jim," and "The Fox & the Geese" ("The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night"); Side 2 has three tracks but the label has vanished and I don't have a player at hand that works for 78's. The record blank was manufactured by Presto (the underlying label) and oddly has 4 holes, one in the center and three others in orbit. This record may be a demo.

I really would be interested in seeing the lyrics of the songs Dyer-Bennet composed during World War 2 for the Office of War Information. Topical songs are not what people generally associate with Dyer-Bennet and he evidently composed several dozen of them. I only have access to the one I posted earlier in this thread. They may not have enduring value but I am curious about them.

Charley Noble