[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[David Lennick]

One of them is The Face on the Barroom Floor (and the other one..isn't). With 
the Majestic you got a picture sleeve (and cruddy shellac)..if you can find it 
on red vinyl 45 in a set called "TV On Records", you get a nice quiet pressing 
and a transfer from the original master. I forget whether the 45 is on Varsity 
or Royale.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hood" <thood at shaw.ca>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:24 PM
> 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
>> ----- 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.)
>>>