[78-L] Speaking of John RT, was Re: Bob Altshuler was "Zulu's Ball" was Gennett labels

[David Lennick]

Speaking of John R. T. Davies (who once sent me a letter echoing Art's comment 
about "sharing the music"..in other words, he'd rather I pirated from him than 
some incompetent), when I was looking for 8-cut per side LPs the other day, I 
noticed that one of the RCA Fats Waller albums cited John as the source for all 
its discographical information. And this was back in the 50s!

dl

zimrec at juno.com wrote:
> For those list subscribers unfamiliar with John -- who friends referred as John R.T.: He was a musician, sound restoration engineer, all-around creative genius, discographer and had amassed a collection of mainly jazz recordings from the pre-WWII era that in quantity and quality had to be one of the best in the world.  He had a wonderful sense of humor and, most importantly, he was anxious to share his knowledge and creativity with just about anyone.  I learned some of his techniques of stabilizing and repairing shellac records and just wish I had some additional tools so I could do more things.  I'd be willing to share what I know with others because, as John believed, I don't want to see such knowledge disappear with me or my generation.
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> Art 
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