[78-L] Fw: Thesaurus Transcription Library

[GENE JOSLIN]

--- On Mon, 3/9/09, GENE JOSLIN <electrodeon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: GENE JOSLIN <electrodeon at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Thesaurus Transcription Library
> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:33 AM
> Can anyone provide information about the NBC Thesaurus
> transcription library service?
> 
> Like the others it disappeared in the early 50's when
> Lp's appeared.
> 
> Though Thesaurus was a musical force for twenty years,
> there is little documentation about this massive NBC
> division whose transcription disks provided radio
> broadcasting with music programming of quality and variety.
> 
> Recording was likely in the old NBC radio studios at Radio
> City, but there is little trace of how things were done.
> 
> One thing Thesaurus provided was lush radio music, most
> notably by the Allen Roth Orchestra, yet there is scant
> historical mention of Allen Roth other that he was
> originally from St. Louis, that he later provided music for
> the Milton Berle show at the outset of television, and that
> he died in 1972 at the age of 68.
> 
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> - Gene Joslin