[78-L] Victor Borge on 78

[David Lennick]

Okay, where are you finding those dates? I know one other list member who has 
the complete info on red Columbias.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 'Phonetic pronunciation' was in the album A VICTOR BORGE PROGRAM,
> issued here on 78 rpm as album C 111, later on 10 inch LP CL 6013.
> 
> Here's the contents of C 111:
> 
> 36911  'Phonetic pronunciation'  (part 1)//mx HCO.1482-1, recorded
> 20th July 1945, Hollywood
> b/w  'Phonetic pronunciation' (part 2)//mx HCO.1483-1, same date and location
> 
> 36912  'A lesson in composition'//mx HCO.1481-1, recorded 20th July
> 1945, Hollywood
> b/w  'The blue serenade'//mx CO.34675-1, recorded 8 May 1945, New York
> 
> 36913  'Grieg rhapsody'//mx CO.34674-1, recorded 8 May 1945, New York
> b/w  'Bhrams' lullaby'//mx CO.34676-1, recorded 8 May 1945, New York
> 
> 36914  'A Mozart opera by Borge'//mx CO.35253-1, recorded 27 September
> 1945, New York
> b/w  'All the things you are'//mx CO.34677-1, recorded 8 May 1945, New York
> 
> On 3/1/09, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Last year I picked up a bunch of 78s (25 cents a pop for a several
>> albums worth) at a Goodwill in Niagara Falls Ontario. Most of them
>> were every penny of the 25 cents I paid, but a there are a few gems.
>> One of them is a 78 by Victor Borge of his routine 'Phonetic
>> Punctuation. Its split over two sides of Columbia C6229. This is a
>> Canadian pressing by Sparton. My assumption is that it a part of a
>> larger album as it carries the notation A32-1 and A32-2 on the label.
>> The label is a bit different too as it is a deep almost black green
>> -- more so than Columbia Masterworks issues.
>>
>> So --was A32 a much larger album of Victor Borge goodies?
>>
>> Tony
>>