It was Ives Plays Ives, CRI CD-810. The New World version is a slightly
sonically tweaked version of the CRI, whereas the CRI expands greatly upon,
and improves, the Columbia.

UD

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Uncle Dave,
>   Thanks for your reply!
>   Can someone fill in the gaps of the issued recordings
> on the MARY HOWARD label ?
>   Perhaps someone has JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY can do a label search (I have
> an old version without that capability).
>   There appear to be two series - the 100 series (up to 129, with many
> missing numbers), and a 1000 or 1200 series.  The French archive listing
> shows 3 numbers for a 2 disc set.  Were there only 3 sides for this
> recording ??
>   I included the lacquers in hopes someone might identify if any of
> Mary Howard recording studio work was issued on other labels, and to
> simply provide data about extant work.
>   You mention 3 releases of the IVES recordings, I've listed the NEW WORLD
> release - was there one on COLUMBIA? What was the other ??
>   Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mary Howard Recordings
>
> Thomas,
>
> It is important to make the distinction between Mary Howard's short-lived
> commercial label and her activity as a studio engineer for hire. Several of
> the recordings in the latter part of this list, including Ives, Cowell,
> Claflin etc., are either studio sessions for hire or are airchecks, same
> purpose. Although the Ives recordings have been commercially issued three
> times they were never intended as such. McPhee's "Balinese Nocturne" is
> from radio; I've heard it. Numbers like "LT-10 7236" are internal NYPL
> shelf numbers and do not represent actual releases; these are one-off
> lacquer discs.
>
> UD
> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Is there a MARY HOWARD RECORDINGS discography online or in print ??
> >
> >
> >
> > So far, this label is NOT in 78discography.  Tyrone - feel free to add
> > the information
> >
> > listed below for the few I know of.
> >
> >
> >
> > A couple of magazines available online provide information:
> >
> >   AUDIO RECORD  February, 1948 VOL. 4, NO. 2 Published monthly by
> > Audio Devices, Inc.
> >
> >   THE RECORD CHANGER  February 1948
> >
> >
> >
> > Additions / corrections greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!  Thomas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Billboard Jul 26, 1947
> >
> > Mary Howard Recordings Releases First 6 Sides
> >
> > NEW YORK, July 19. - Mary Howard Recordings (MHR),
> >
> > newly formed diskery, has released its first
> >
> > six sides, a Herman Chittison Album, and will release
> >
> > a new Ethel Waters Album August 15.  Firm
> >
> > also has signed Dale Belmont, whose first two sides,
> >
> > THE SHEIK OF ARABY and TENNESSEE, will be out this week, and
> >
> > Walter (Foots) Thomas, formerly of
> >
> > Cab Calloway's ork, who has formed his own combo.
> >
> > MHR distribution is handled thru Wesley Smith,
> >
> > New York City.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Album MHR-1  Herman Chittison Trio      3-10" 78rpm
> >
> >   reissued on HERMAN CHITTISON 1945-1950                    CLASSICS
> 1334
> > CD 2003
> >
> > Herman Chittison (pf) ; Everett Barksdale (g) ; Bill Pemberton (bs)
> >
> > MHR 101-B  Minute Waltz (Chopin Op.64, No.1)                 MHR 101
> >
> > MHR-102-B  June Barcarolle (Tschaikowsky Op.37, No.6)  MHR 102
> >
> > MHR-103-B  Tristesse (Chopin Op.10, No.3)                         MHR 103
> >
> > MHR-104-A  Menuet (Paderewski Op.14)                             MHR 104
> >
> > MHR-105-A  Anitra's Dance (Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite)           MHR 106
> >
> > MHR-106-A  C Sharp Minor Waltz (Chopin Op.64, No.2)    MHR 105
> >
> >
> >
> > Album MHR-2  Ethel Waters              3-10" 78rpm
> >
> >   reissued with 5 additional tracks on 10" Lp MERCURY MG 20061
> >
> >   reissued on The Chronological Ethel Waters 1946-1947,   CLASSICS 1249
> CD
> >
> > Reggie Beane, piano
> >
> > MHR 115  Suppertime
> >
> > MHR 116  Summertime (Gershwin)
> >
> > MHR 117  Little Black Boy (George Whiting-J C Johnson)
> >
> > MHR 107  Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe [Happiness is a Thing
> > Called Joe]
> >
> > MHR 112  Throw the Dirt
> >
> > MHR 108  A Hundred Years from Today
> >
> >
> >
> > MERCURY MG 20051                              mid 50's
> >
> > The Favorite Songs of Ethel Waters
> >
> > Reginald Beane at the piano
> >
> > A1 Paper Moon
> >
> > A2 Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
> >
> > A Can't Help Lovin' That Man
> >
> > A4 Summertime
> >
> > A5 St.Lous Blues
> >
> > B1 Suppertime
> >
> > B2 Trav'lin' All Alone
> >
> > B3 A Hundred Years from Today
> >
> > B4 Sometimes I Geel Like A Motherless Child
> >
> > B5 The Crucifixion
> >
> > B6 Little Black Boy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Billboard Jul 26, 1947
> >
> > MHR 123
> >
> > TENNESSEE (Uncle Fud)
> >
> >   THE SHEIK OF ARABY (Snyder-Smith-Wheeler)
> >
> > DALE BELMONT "The Cover Girl  Comedienne"
> >
> > JOHNNY COLA TRIO
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > MHR-126  Just Like That
> >
> > MHR-127  Londerry
> >
> > Walter "Foots" Thomas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Billboard Oct 4, 1947
> >
> > MHR-128  I'll Hate Myself in the Morning / The Devil Sat Down and
> > Cried
> >
> > MHR-129  When Gabriel Blows His Trumpet / It's The Talk of the Town
> >
> > Bill Dillard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ??????  Marion Chase
> >
> > Mary Howard recordings            78 rpm 12"
> >
> > marion chase "welcome to my dream"& "tu ne peut past' figurer"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Southern Connecticut State Univ:
> >
> > 11 7/8" (78 rpm), titled "Miss Hickory." Gloria Chandler Recording,
> > produced by Gloria Chandler, adopted and directed by Betty Girling;
> > Mary Howard Recordings
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > MARY HOWARD  H 1002 A / H 1002 B
> >
> > MH 1002 A  BLUER THAN BLUE (Avon Long)
> >
> > MH 1002 B  BROWN BOY (Avon Long)
> >
> > AVON LONG
> >
> > REGINALD BEANE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NY Times, September 19, 1943
> >
> > RECORDS Howard Taubman  OTHER REVIEWs
> >
> > MARY HOWARD H1222/H1223/H1224               2-12"  78rpm
> >
> > [from Bibliotheque National Francais]
> >
> >   Bach: Italian Concerto.  Edith
> >
> > Weiss-Mann, harpsichord. (Mary
> >
> > Howard Recordings, two twelve-
> >
> > inch records).  This Bach score is
> >
> > usually heard in piano perform-
> >
> > ances.  Ify you wish to hear it on
> >
> > the  instrument for which it was
> >
> > written, Miss Weiss-Mann has pro-
> >
> > vided a skillful and comprehending
> >
> > performance.  Of course, the harp-
> >
> > sichord she uses is not of Bach's
> >
> > time, but it is a fair enough copy
> >
> > to convey the spirit of the time.
> >
> >
> >
> > IS Allegro 3087 from the above ????????????????????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > unissued recordings of CHARLES IVES
> >
> > possibly issued by COLUMBIA ??????
> >
> >
> >
> > NEW WORLD 80642  Ives Plays Ives                         CD 2006
> >
> > The Complete Recordings of Charles Ives at the Piano, 1933-1943
> >
> >
> >
> > University of Illinois Press:
> >
> > Vivian Perlis: Charles Ives Remembered An Oral History
> >
> >   MARY SHIPMAN HOWARD had a recording studio for many years in
> >
> > New York, known as Mary Howard Recordings, where she recorded Charles
> >
> > Ives and many of the great composter, conductors, and musical lights
> > of
> >
> > the day.  Those recordings which she made in 1953 of Ives playing the
> >
> > piano and occasionally singing, were known only to the Ives family and
> > a
> >
> > few others close to the Ives scene. After two years of searching for
> > Mary
> >
> > Howard, she was finally discovered close by, alive and well.  As a
> > result of
> >
> > an interview with her in Washington, Connecticut, on September 24,
> > 1969
> >
> > no only the master discs of these recordings were found in her
> > collection,
> >
> > but also a previously unknown recording of THE ACOTTS (third movement)
> >
> > from the Concord, played by Ives.  These recordings are scheduled for
> >
> > release by CBS Records in spring 1974.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------------
> > --------------
> >
> > LACQUER's:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1947 Acetate Rare Jazz Tony Cabot Mary Howard Recordings Theme/We Met
> > Before
> >
> >
> >
> > Barry Frank sings Charm Bracelet and other hits
> >
> > 1. At the Candlelight Cafe - Mary Howard Recordings 1948
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NYPL Avery Claflin collection
> >
> > *LT-10 7280 Sonata, violin, piano / Avery Claflin, December 5, 1954 .
> > 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono. ; 10
> > in.Recorded from radio program; WNYC (New York, NY).
> >
> > On labels: Mary Howard recordings.
> >
> > Performers: Gerard Bogardus ; Dorothy Appel.
> >
> > Duration: 15:29.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NYPL  Henry Cowell collection
> >
> > *LT-10 7236 The curse and a blessing / Henry Cowell, July 22, 1949 . 1
> > sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono. ; 12 in.Off
> > air recording from radio station WNYC (New York, NY).
> >
> > On label: "Recorded by Mary Howard."
> >
> > Duration: 5:06. Performers: Goldman Band ; Edwin Franko Goldman,
> > director ; Henry Cowell, conductor.
> >
> >
> >
> > *LT-10 7236 The morning cometh / Henry Cowell, February 17, 1951 . 1
> > sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono. ; 10
> > in.Recorded from radio broadcast of the American Music Festival.
> >
> > Off air recording from station WNYC (New York, NY).
> >
> > On label: "Mary Howard Recording."
> >
> > Duration: 3:08.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *LT-10 7236 Schoonthree / Henry Cowell, July 8, 1945 . 1 sound disc :
> > analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono. ; 12 in.Off air
> > recording from radio station WNYC (New York, NY).
> >
> > On label: "Recorded by Mary Howard."
> >
> > Duration: 5:06. Performers: Goldman Band ; Edwin Franko Goldman,
> > director ; Henry Cowell, conductor.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *LT-10 7236 Balinese nocturne / McPhee, January 28, 1947 . 1 sound disc :
> > analog, 78 rpm, aluminum-based acetate, mono. ; 12 in.On label: "Mary
> > Howard Recordings."
> >
> > Duration: 4:44.
> >
> >
> >
>