[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[Taylor Bowie]

Somewhere I have a blue label Majestic (late 40s) of actor/announcer Paul 
Douglas reading two poems...is one of them the Service poem in question?  I 
seem to recall that it is.

Taylor B
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From: "Tom Hood" <thood at shaw.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee


> 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
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> From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 11:43 AM
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>> 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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