Re: Dave Tarras-Murry Lehrer records

[Bill Barabash <billb978...>]

>Dave Tarras made a bunch of recordings with Murray Lehrer starting I 
>believe
>in the late 1950's and going towards the end of the 1960's. First came the
>mono Freilach in Hi-Fi on the Period Label, three volumes, and I believe
>three though I can only find my copies of one and two volumes in Stereo for
>Request Records, Freilach For Weddings, Bar Mitzvah and Other Celebrations. 
>I
>was wondering if anyone happens to know anymore information about 
>recordings,
>I am mostly interested in who the musicians are, and the dates?

The only musician identified on the original Period issues besides Dave 
Tarras
is trumpeter Lou Levin.  As late as the 1990s, shortly before his death, 
Murray
Lehrer was still active playing solo accordion at simchas.

I have a full stereo recording of Freilach in Hi-Fi vol. 3 on the Period 
label.
Unfortunately they used the same catalog number (RL 1926) for both the
stereo and mono releases.  I believe Vol. 3 was the only one recorded in
full stereo, and the stereo re-releases of the other two discs on the 
Request
label were electronically rechanneled.

The first two Period releases came with ads for recent releases on the 
jacket.
Matching those catalog numbers with the partial Period label discography in

    http://www16.brinkster.com/fitzgera/labels/period.htm

by interpolation, I get 1955, 1957, and 1958 as the year of release for the
three discs.

>      The instrumentation on most of them seems to be p,acc,b,dm,tp, and cl
>(Dave Tarras). The drums sound similar to Julie Epstein's playing, use of 
>the
>ride cymbal and tight closed hi-hat with foot. Yet, the bass drum doesn't
>sound like his patterns so I am not sure that it is him.

>      What also be of note is that Freilach For Weddings, Bar Mitzvah and
>Other Celebrations - Vol. 1 (Request SRLP 10102) was also released under 
>the
>Joseph Korda Players; Jewish Wedding Dances; Horas- Shers - Waltzes (Music
>Minus One MMO 121). My copy came as one in a set of world music recordings
>packaged with cookbooks.

Despite being on the "Music Minus One" label, it's the complete recording 
with
all obbligatos intact.  And no sheet music (rats!).  Mine came packaged with 
a
copy of the Jennie Grossinger cookbook, 17th printing (October 1969).

-- Bill B.

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