[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[David Lennick]

There's also an LP of Service reading several pieces including The Shooting of 
Dan McGrew (but not the Cremation), issued in 1967 by Golden Nugget in Seattle. 
Done with the permission of the Service estate but no indication of where or 
when the recordings were made.

dl

Tom Hood wrote:
> 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.)
>>