[78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell

[James Tennyson]

Concerning the 1915 recording, I have a dim recollection of having read 
somewhere that the Liberty  Bell was recorded in order that the record could 
be played in connection with some of the ceremonies at the  Panama-Pacific 
Expostion in San Franciso. I can't recall if the record was supposed to be 
played there or if was part of the trans-continental telephone line 
ceremonies. Bell Telephone officially inaugurated  the trans continental 
service to coinicde with the Fair.  I am really talking off the top of my 
head here, but does this sound familiar to anyone?
The line was used in October to transmit Miller Reese Hutchison's  recorded 
address to Thomas Edison who was at the Fair 
http://www.archive.org/details/EDIS-SRP-0206-01 ( It's played much too fast 
too.)

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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:30:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net>
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Interesting that it's Victor that did the Feb. 11, 1915 recording as the 
Liberty Bell?website says it's owned by Columbia.? I wonder if they were 
both there recording it. I?will add this information onto that page and send 
this bit of info back to the Liberty Bell contact.

Thanks,
Glenn

--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Sam Brylawski <goodlistening at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sam Brylawski <goodlistening at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell
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Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 3:04 PM

Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings resources show that
Victor recorded the Liberty Bell acoustically twice, on Feb. 11, 1915,
(B-15701; three takes); and June 14, 1917, (B-20039; one take). All
four takes are marked in ledgers as "destroy."

Sam

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net>
wrote:
> All this talk about Philadelphia and 1917 that sprang up from the record
sleeve thread prompted me to post this which I had found fascinating.
>
> http://www.majesticrecord.com/libertybell.htm
>
> According to this article I found in Talking Machine World Victor recorded
the Liberty Bell in 1917 but even the Liberty Bell people didn't know about
it when I communicated with them through email.  I sent them this article.
Anyone know whether this recording survives?
>
> Regards,
> Glenn
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