[78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee

[Bud Black]

The flip side of that Paul Douglas recording is "Down In The Lehigh Valley."

Bud 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Taylor Bowie
Date: 12/07/08 17:40:05
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee
 
Well, with my Majestic I only get the cruddy shellac...my copy and the
picture sleeve parted company at some time before I bought the thing.
 
The other side may be The Shooting of Dan McGrew...sorry for me that my
vocals and spoken word 78s are still packed up from my move 15 months ago.
One of these days...
 
Taylor B
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Cremation of Sam McGee
 
 
> 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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