[78-L] Capitol's Prep Subsidiary

[David Lennick]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> At 10:26 AM 10/8/2009, you wrote:
>> In the late 60s and early 70s I used to visit every record company 
>> in New York
>> and ask for freebees. CBS (Columbia/Epic) was the most generous, RCA 
>> never gave
>> me a thing, Audio Fidelity grudgingly parted with a copy of their Gertrude
>> Lawrence album, Mercury and MGM came up with anything I needed..all 
>> of it stuff
>> that wasn't being sold in Canada.
>>
>> dl
> 
> How did you convince them to give them to you? As a radio station DJ 
> or something?

Or something..I was in fact working in radio in Toronto and then in Oshawa, but 
it took a little fancy talking to get some of them to part with albums since as 
far as they were concerned, the popular material was available through their 
Canadian outlets. It was the comedy stuff and show albums and Epic's EE series 
that I couldn't get here.

dl


> 
>> simmonssomer wrote:
>>> I once walked into the 20th Century Fox offices in the Brill 
>> Building (mebbe
>>> early 70's) and asked if they had anything by Glenn Miller. 
>> (That's Chutzpah
>>> but I was younger) A wonderful woman, I believe the office 
>> manager, reached
>>> into one of her drawers and gave me the soundtrack LP's for "Orchestra
>>> Wives" and "Sun Valley Serenade" I asked what I owed her and she
>>> said.."Nothing..we don't get many requests for this and I hope you will
>>> enjoy them" I did and do.
>>>
>>> Al Simmons
> 
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