[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[Tom Hood]

Hi all
There is a live recording of Robt Service reciting The Cremation of Sam 
Magee.It was made in Vancouver Canada around 1950 while he (Service )was on 
tour.I do not think it was ever commercially issued but it does exist in 
some collections.
Tom Hood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee


> On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 13:16 -0600, Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>> A long time ago, I had a record that was made of steel which had "The
>> Cremation of Sam McGee" on it, with a musical accompaniment. Has anyone
>> ever run across this? Robert Service was the author. I have no idea who
>> read it.
>
> I can probably guarantee that the musical accompaniment was not provided
> by The Fruit Jar Drinkers. (A "hillbilly" instrumental group fronted by
> two brothers, Kirk and Sam McGee.)
>
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