[78-L] The Grafonola in the Classroom and Col A7505

[Steven C. Barr]

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> I have the transfers of the May Murray record done.  As mentioned
>> before, the recording was not terribly clear, but I have tried to make
>> it as intelligible as possible with equalisation.
> Would a child really be able to understand the words of the record, 
> especially on an acoustical machine in a classroom??? 
>> Tha catalogue number is actually S7505; labels state School Series and
>> further state Story Record/Kindergarten.  Transfers made at 78.26 rpm.
>>   
> Did you hear the repeating clunk that was right in tempo with "La zy Ma 
> ry, La zy Ma ry, La zy Ma ry . . . "  the first time the sequence 
> happens halfway thru the record.
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
>
In fact, ALL the numbers that seem to be "missing" from Columbia's
A3000 "pop" series were issued (or intended to be) in Columbia's
"Educational" series....A3001 through A3??? as well as the A75##
12" series. As someone noted, the early issues bore an "S" prefix...
for "School."

...stevenc