johnny desmond hit on CD...but...

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   for those interested, I found Johnny Desmond's top ten hit "The Yellow 

Rose of Texas" on an import best of called "The High and the Mighty." 

Unfortunately, when I received it from amazon, I found this note on the 

back of the disc:

"While every effort has been made to eliminate the surface noise from the 

original 78 rpm recordings used for this issue, including use of the 

CEDAR audio noise reduction system, some slight surface noise may 

remain."

While most of the disc sounds very clear and well preserved, "Yellow Rose 

of Texas" didn't clean up very well, and has noticeable hiss and noise.

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budaniel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 12 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote budaniel Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: johnny desmond hit on CD...but... Posted: 13 January 2006 at 1:30pm
	for those interested, I found Johnny Desmond's top ten hit "The Yellow Rose of Texas" on an import best of called "The High and the Mighty." Unfortunately, when I received it from amazon, I found this note on the back of the disc: "While every effort has been made to eliminate the surface noise from the original 78 rpm recordings used for this issue, including use of the CEDAR audio noise reduction system, some slight surface noise may remain." While most of the disc sounds very clear and well preserved, "Yellow Rose of Texas" didn't clean up very well, and has noticeable hiss and noise.

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2006 at 3:02pm
	Several months ago I posted in another thread that Desmond's "Yellow Rose of Texas" was issued on CD from a TAPE source on a 4-disc Reader's Digest set called "A Celebration of American Folk Music," 2001, Sony Music Special Products A4 52392 C-162C (or C-162B, which is what's on the back -- the C-ending is on the spine). It's mono, and it says "Courtesy of MCA Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises." MCA bought up Coral, the label of the original record, in the 1960s, so it's the right label. I'm assuming it's the original version. And if it's a re-recording, Reader's Digest will usually say so in the booklet, but no such mention here. I got mine from Collector's Choice, and paid 60 bucks for it -- which I kind of regret. I'm sure you could find it for under $25 on Ebay.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 January 2006 at 10:13pm
	In 1962 Johnny re-recorded the song for Diamond Records, as Twistin' Rose Of Texas. Different songwriters are listed, though the song is essentially the same.
	Live in stereo.