[78-L] Label Info. Query Answered FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

The Denver Public Library has s***canned a number of valuable discographic reference books, and linguistics reference books that I know they had when I livd there.  They may have gone to good homes, as they were probably put in their annual sale rather than simply dumped; but that DOES mean they are no longer available to other individuals who might need them.  Likewise, DPL bought my CD collection; many items also no longer turn up on their catalogue, probably sold as well rather than simply dumped, but it's the same problem for somebody who might have wanted to hear the disc.

The moral seems to be, You Can't Trust Any Library Anywhere.

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Mon, 7/6/09, Steve Thornton <fnarf at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Steve Thornton <fnarf at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Label Info. Query Answered
> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 11:51 PM
> 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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