[78-L] Fw: Thesaurus Transcription Library

[Mark Durnberger]

RCA(?) Thesaurus(?) also provided a series of 'wild-tracks'.  These were 
open-ended funny liners, starring mythical characters who could appear in 
disc jockeys shows...the jock would carry on a conversation with them.  The 
series was distributed on 45s...I still have some of them...

Regards,

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GENE JOSLIN" <electrodeon at yahoo.com>
To: <78-l at 78online.com>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: [78-L] Fw: Thesaurus Transcription Library


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> --- On Mon, 3/9/09, GENE JOSLIN <electrodeon at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> Like the others it disappeared in the early 50's when
>> Lp's appeared.
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>> 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.
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>> Recording was likely in the old NBC radio studios at Radio
>> City, but there is little trace of how things were done.
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>> 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.
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>> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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>> - Gene Joslin
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