[78-L] 1899 Berliner Record goes for big bucks

[soundthink at aol.com]

It's amazing that oBoy allowed this auction to proceed. They usually squash any offensive items, even those with historical importance. I know this because they recently pulled a vintage 1923-24 KKK record that I had listed. There weren't any racial epithets either on the label or in the recording; in fact, it was relatively mild, no worse than complaints against immigrants.

Reminds me of a line from "Finian's Rainbow" by Senator Billboard Rawkins, who said, "My whole family's been havin' trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country!"

Cary Ginell







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Subject: [78-L] 1899 Berliner Record goes for big bucks



http://cgi.ebay.com/Berliner-7-78-rpm-record-0165-J-1899-Dan-W-Quinn_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a13Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem1e571f266bQQitemZ130310678123QQptZMusicQ5fonQ5fVinylQQsalenotsupported 



It certainly looks like some enterprising soul, certainly picked the right time 
in our Nation's History to put this 
Unusual Song Title 1899 Berliner Up for sale !! 


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