[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[David Lennick]

"Down in the Lehigh Valley" is the other one..no Service at your service. And 
the 45s are on Royale.

David Lennick wrote:
> 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>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> 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.)
>>>>
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