[78-L] Label Info. Query Answered

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Thornton" <fnarf at comcast.net>
> 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.
>
Easily explained as follows...
USE MILK BOXES! They hold 125 78's (earlier ones will hold 135
or so), and a full one weighs around 65 pounds...anyway, I can still lift
them as necessary! Also, they have molded-in "handles" near their tops,
making them easy to pick up and move. Finally, they stack nicely. ONE
VITAL CAVEAT...! Newer ones sometimes have their "bottoms" give
way after long use for 78 storage...pick up full boxes VERY carefully
to discover if the bottom is about to give way...!

> 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?
>
Wonder how many libraries hold my "The (Almost) Complete 78rpm Record
Dating Guide"...?! Probably not NEARLY as many as should...I never sold
it in "hard cover" form, and I dunno if that idea has ever occured to Kurt
Nauck, the current publisher...?!

...stevenc