[78-L] Turnover instructions

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Mon Nov 3 21:08:20 PST 2008


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>I listened to two 78s tonight that have turnover instructions at the end of
> the first side.  They are Victor 35753 (A Miniature Concert by the Eight
> Popular Victor Artists) and Victor 35953 (Twisting the Dials by Jones and
> Hare)>
>
> These two are part of the sketch or music.  For instance, the Eight 
> Popular
> Victor Artists sing a harmonized "Turnover!" and either Jones or Hare 
> says,
> "There will be a slight pause in our programming...Until somebody turns 
> this
> record over!"  I thought it would be fun to see what others people could
> come up with.  Any takers?
>
IIRC, on "Twisting the Dials," the "turn over" instruction appears as a part 
of
a parody of radio "Exercise programming"...with the listener instructed to 
lay
down, and then "Turn over...turn over...turn over!"

...stevenc 




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