[78-L] re-issues

[David Lennick]

Never seen the ten-inch Alice (and the ones that Mother gives you don't do 
anything at all)..the twelve-inch set turns up everywhere and the Canadian 
pressings were actually pretty quiet.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> I have both the Ginger Rogers "Alice In Wonderland" and "Porgy and Bess
> Vol 1" in the 10-inch vinyl size.  The cover of Alice was changed to the
> same cover the 10-inch LP had, a wide orange border with a bland black
> and white rendition of the original beautiful color Disney cover, and
> Porgy was changed to an unnecessarily modernistic artists rendition of
> the original photograph.  Having Porgy Vol 1 on 10-inch size allowed it
> to match the Vol 2 and Vol 3 which were both originally 10-inch.  Having
> Alice on vinyl allowed the records to survive kids -- the 12-inch
> shellacs are very prone to crumbling and cracking even in adult hands.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
>