In reference to Bob Stewart's question in 030119 MMDigest about the
identity of A-roll No. 2443, this would be Capitol A-2443 with the
following song line-up:

Capitol A-Roll    No. A-2443
 1. By A Waterfall  ft
 2. You've Got Everything   ft
 3. Everything I Have Is Yours  ft
 4. Shanghai Lil    ft
 5. I've Got The World On A String  ft
 6. Thanks  ft
 7. Bless Your Heart    ft
 8. It's The Talk Of The Town   ft
 9. Night And Day   ft
10. Hold Me ft

This particular roll has been recut and widely distributed in the past,
and for good reason: it is one of the last of the Capitol A-rolls which
exclusively featured the hot Capitol hand-played roll masters.  Very
shortly thereafter the company switched to Imperial masters.  (Roll
No. 2445 is all Imperial arrangements.)

Moreover, the late Capitol rolls like No. 2443 were made using
full-length 88-note masters instead of abridged versions as on earlier
rolls, so these A-rolls are huge and long-playing.  I never could
understand why, at the very height of the Depression, Capitol decided
to use all that extra paper and treat customers to full length versions,
but they did.

I've always felt that A-2443 is one of the very best (if not _the_
best) all-pop tune Capitol rolls, because each and every tune is top
notch and the arrangements "ausgezeichnet" -- the stuff that makes
nickelodeons "rock".  Congratulations to Bob Stewart for finding this
roll, I'm sure it will be a favorite for years to come.

All best,
Frank Himpsl

 [ Many years ago collector Mike Montgomery compiled a privately
 [ published rollography of Columbia/Capitol rolls which he has
 [ passed on to others for maintenance and further publication.
 [ A list of the Supertone rolls produced by Capitol for the Sears,
 [ Roebuck & Co. mail order department store may be viewed at
 [ http://mmd.foxtail.com/MMMedia/CoCap/supertone.html
 [
 [ Many of the 88-note roll tunes used for A-2443 appear in this
 [ list near the end of the Supertone 4000 number series, which
 [ concluded in 1933.  Tunes of A-2443 which are missing from the
 [ Supertone list were most likely issued on 88-note rolls, but
 [ the evidence still awaits discovery.  Thanks to avid collectors
 [ and historians like Mike Montgomery and Frank Himpsl for all
 [ their contributions toward this effort.  :-)  -- Robbie