[78-L] earliest recorded fon call Hello Hawaii How Are You!

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
> "I Wish There Was A Wireless To Heaven" - (1922) Irving Kaufman
> Bud
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Bob Rice
>   "And for what it cost to call that far, I could have bought a motor 
> car!"
> But I love her like a real, Jack Tar'.   And so on, I think it was about
> 1914? But was there ANY "Wireless Telephone" back then , even fron NYC to
> Hackensack?I didn't think Western Electric was that far along? Hell, it 
> took
> til 1925 for electrical recordings?Maybe there WAS a radio line to Hawaii?
> It's fun to collect the records that trace technology. This is what makes
> old records so much fun?
>
Two more 78's come to mind...
1) "Mr. Radio Man"
2) "They're Wearing Them Higher In Hawaii")

The first suggests the possible medium employed...and the second the reason
for its use...!!

...stevenc