[78-L] V-DISC Requests.

[Michael Biel]

From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
> Mike, I think I read somewhere that Sears tragically died
> from some tropical malady before the book even came out -
> do you know if that's so?  Dave W.

I believe he was alive when the book came out, and gave an ARSC
presentation about it.  Then there was a relatively thin supplement
published, followed closely with the announcement of his death.  I was
able to get a copy of the supplement (and there are about a dozen or so
available on the web right now) but even by then the original gold
covered main volume was hard to get and very expensive.  

Because we are talking about it, I just ordered a copy of the original
volume before others get the idea.  There are three left, but they are
more expensive.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com  



-----Original Message-----
From:  Michael Biel
> Also, while we're at it, there seems such a lack of logic
> for how these V-Discs tracks were chosen. Does anyone know
> who chose which tracks to put out and how they were married
> up to one another. Thanking you in anticipation... Earl Okin.

Although I knew Dick Sears and actually I was instrumental in getting
him into the NBC archive which enabled him to find the details of the
broadcast recordings that were used, I don't have a copy of the primary
volume of his V-Disc discography, only the supplement. So I don't have
access to his introduction which answers your question (and his ARSC
talk might also supply the answers.) But in one word, "variety" would
probably be the best answer. They wanted something for everyone. Since
the discs were sent out in packages, this variety would ideally be
evident within each package. G. Robert Vincent was in charge of the
V-disc program (and claimed that the V stood for Vincent, not
Victory!!!) so he and a staff were responsible for the programming of
the records. 

Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 



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