[78-L] Label Info. Query Answered

[Steve Thornton]

NO academic library that held it would ever shitcan it, but I'm afraid it
does not, in fact, exist in the holdings of Worldcat, which is for all
practical purposes "everything" (every public and academic library). The
only works listed there by Geoffrey Wheeler are the tantalizing titles
"Confessions of a Closet Beautician" and "FEATURES: Transitions and
Transformations From Reduction to Wood Fire to Cone 6 Electric", from a
journal entitled "Ceramics Monthly", an enthusiasm even more recondite than
our own. And some histories of Central Asia, some engineering, and some
Australiana. Cone 6 Electrics sound even kinkier than some of the
groove-spacing discussions here.

It may be hard for a non-librarian to understand, but a discographical book
like this would be irresistable to the same sort of person who could happily
dump a million 78s in the trash. It's a shame it's not in any library; I'll
bet there are several that would want it if they knew of it.

Wait, digging deeper I see one of our Geoffrey's titles: "Jazz by Mail:
Record Clubs and Record Labels, 1936 to 1958: including complete
discographies for Jazztone and Dial Records" (Manassas, Virginia: Hillbrook
Press, 1999). It's held at many university libraries across the US, Germany,
and Australia. There's a supplement, too.

There's a couple of other exciting items, including "'One of a Bye-gone
Time': Richard Parnell (1810-82) and his Fish Collections", and "We All Need
To Move: Lifting and Handling Techniques", which might come in handy for
some of you shellac collectors.

Any of these books can easily be had at your local public library through
the magic of Interlibrary Loan.

Wheeler's bootleg book belongs with his other one, obviously. Could he not
get it published by Hillbrook?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com 
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Mike Harkin
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Label Info. Query Answered
> 
> 
> It's probbaly rarer than any of the records it lists....  
> Added to which, it's probably a waste of time contacting your 
> local public or university library:  if they ever had it, 
> it's long ago been s***canned  to make room for 'more 
> important' materials.  Which will be duly s***canned in their turn.
> 
> Mike in Plovdiv
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Label Info. Query Answered
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 5:28 PM
> > And how do we purchase this tome?
> > It is not on Amazon.
> > Mal
> > 
> > *******
> > 
> > Charles Bihun wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > Continuing my search, I finally received the
> > information I was looking for, thanks to Geoffrey
> > Wheeler.  Geoff  has apparently spent endless
> > hours searching for and compiling extensive information
> > about obscure record labels from the '30s through the
> > '50s.  In particular he has published a book,
> > "Collectors Guide to Jazz on Bootleg& Reissue 78 R.P.M.
> > Records 1932 to 1952.  It features 2500 rarities on 60
> > labels. It addition to hundreds of pages devoted to reissues
> > on 78, it covers some 41 bootleg labels issued between 1946
> > and 1952.......
> > >
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