1922 BIG BEAR MELODY BOYS On Rare NORDSKOG Label, Loveable Eyes
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Nordskog Records was founded by Andrae (Arne Andreas) Nordskog (1885-1962) of Santa Monica, California in 1922. The label’s recording studio and factory were located in Los Angeles, California.
The label succeeded in only issuing a total of 27 double-sided disc records, but not for lack of trying to issue more. Nordskog had no record pressing plant, and indeed there were none located in the western United States at the time. Nordskog contracted with the Arto Records company of Orange, New Jersey to press their records. Wax masters were shipped across country by railroad; early on many masters melted on the trip across the desert. By some accounts, among the recordings lost were sessions by Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver. This 1922 release features the Big Bear Melody Boys performing Loveable Eyes (foxtrot) and Sweet Indiana Home (foxtrot). The record is in VG+ condition, edging toward E but it needs cleaning in some spots.
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