[78-L] Shortest 78

[Randy Watts]

"The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan" was genuine. Released by the Stiff label, it was an LP that played for thirty-five minutes or so and contained absolutely nothing. It reportedly sold around 30,000 copies.

Friend of mine told me it came in very handy once when he needed "LP noise" to overdub for a theater project.

Randy

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Andrea Walsh <petquality1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Andrea Walsh <petquality1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Shortest 78
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 2:48 PM
> I remember seeing it at my local
> record store (music plus! ) and there being
> a hand written note attached to it (probably by the
> management) warning that
> it was a blank record.  More a curiosity or novelty. I
> certainly couldn't
> afford it at the time on my allowance (I was 11 in 1980,my
> $5 a week meant I
> had to buy records with actual music on 'em!) but I also
> remember the
> release of it being on the local LA news as one of those
> "on the wacky side
> of life" type human interest pieces.
> 
> Andrea