[78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell

[Sam Brylawski]

Yes, there's newspaper coverage about how the bell was struck to
celebrate the opening of the fair. I wasn't aware that coast-to-coast
telephone service started then. Thinking about it, you have to give
the Bell Telephone PR people kudos for getting use of the country's
most famous bell for the stunt. Like getting a Lincoln descendant to
introduce the Continental.

Sam

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:03 AM, James Tennyson <jtennyson at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell
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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
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 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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