[78-L] Now's your chance to snipe and snarl, boys and girls

Wed Nov 4 12:12:40 PST 2009

Awesome!  Here comes another outbreak of the sniping and assholeism we  
all crave...it's been way too long since the last one, and it just  
ain't 78-L without 'em.

Excuse me while I get a hanky;  I'm getting a little verklempt over  
the beauty of it all.

On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:53 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>  
wrote:

> For a newcomer, you certainly have more than your fair share of  
> snarkiness. I
> don't have to justify my opinions of Mr. Bernstein to you or anyone  
> else. I
> bring 40 years of professional work as a music programmer, classical  
> deejay,
> record producer, reissue transfer engineer, reviewer, liner note  
> writer et al.
> Don't like my opinions? Don't read 'em. I won't be reading any of  
> yours.
>
> dl
>
> Jason Beard wrote:
>> I am truly impressed at your almost encyclopedic knowledge of, as  
>> you refer to him, "Lenny's" career, even though you wrote that you  
>> "...have very little respect for (him) as a musician, a composer  
>> and a human being...." Everyone whom you dislike should be given  
>> such a high honor; please feel free to subtly, yet briefly, vent  
>> your anger toward "Lenny" in this thread, WHICH, I believe, began  
>> as a thread for Vogue Picture Records.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 1:25:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls
>>
>> You find me anyone who hasn't referred to him as "Lenny" over the  
>> last 60 years
>> and I'll buy you lunch. He even worked as "Lenny Amber" while doing
>> arrangements for Harms in his early years.
>>
>> Incidentally, I have very little respect for Leonard Bernstein as a  
>> musician, a
>> composer and a human being. I find many of his later performances  
>> eccentric and
>> unlistenable, I find much of his symphonic work derivative and full  
>> of outright
>> plagiarism, and I think the man had blood on his hands. That aside,  
>> he still
>> turned out a couple of theatrical masterpieces.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Jason Beard wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>>      It's indeed an honor to learn that you were of such a great  
>>> acquaintance with Mr. Bernstein, that you felt free to address him  
>>> as 'Lenny". Not many of us are in your league.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 11:41:21 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls
>>>
>>> It's of its time. Anybody could and did play the Rhapsody in Blue.  
>>> Even today,
>>> there are versions of it that are unbelievably ghastly, some of  
>>> them by well
>>> known artists who should have known better (Lenny Burnsteen being  
>>> the worst
>>> offender, Andre Previn coming in second, with a special award  
>>> going to every
>>> Paul Whiteman version with the distorted rhythms and the heavenly  
>>> choir).
>>> Spitalny's choral sides make me to barf, but again, they're of the  
>>> period.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Jason Beard wrote:
>>>> I disagree...from the little I've heard, I recommend it to lovers  
>>>> of great music.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 7:14:22 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls
>>>>
>>>> The Spitooney set is one of the most common..although I've never  
>>>> found it in
>>>> the box. In an album, a couple of times..as individual discs, a  
>>>> couple of
>>>> times..and the Rhapsody issued separately, once.
>>>>
>>>> Some Vogues are even worth listening to. The Study in Blue isn't  
>>>> one of them.
>>>> One that is is Enric Madriguera's "Minute Samba" which has a neat  
>>>> little fiddle
>>>> & guitar chorus reminiscent of Grappelli & Django.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>> Jason Beard wrote:
>>>>> I SERIOUSLY doubt that the seller will receive thier asking  
>>>>> price. If not, just wait them out.....eventually, they'll  
>>>>> realize that their price is a dream, and just that...a dream.  
>>>>> Let's cool our thoughts for a while, but BOY, would I love to  
>>>>> own the phonograph! In this life, NEVER say never...and the  
>>>>> seller will ship from Switzerland, is it? SERIOUS thoughts of  
>>>>> ill-packing possible...broken discs...etc. I own one of the  
>>>>> sets...by Phil Spitalny and his All-Girl Orchestra...in the  
>>>>> original "box". I paid the lavish price of (drumroll please....)  
>>>>> $2.00. EXCELLENT condition...no scratches or scuffs. The  
>>>>> illustration work on that set is incredible, ESPECIALLY on "Blue  
>>>>> Skies".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: "fnarf at comcast.net" <fnarf at comcast.net>
>>>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 5:12:53 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls
>>>>>
>>>>> Dang, these "selling as a lot only, don't ask about pieces"  
>>>>> people are stupid.
>>>>>
>>>>> The number of people who are hot to get ahold of a complete  
>>>>> collection of Vogues, but currently have zero of them, has got  
>>>>> to be zero. EVERYBODY with any interest in any part of this  
>>>>> wants more parts, to fill his gaps, not the whole.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of those items are indeed spectacularly rare, and  
>>>>> undoubtedly worth a lot. You get two guys with everything except  
>>>>> those "ultra rare" items listed going against each other, and  
>>>>> you've got yourself an auction. But they're not going to bid on  
>>>>> a complete lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ONLY person who's going to bid on this is a dealer with deep  
>>>>> pockets looking to break the set up, IF he looks at the list and  
>>>>> sees a profit there as single items. This seller here could have  
>>>>> that profit for himself if he had a brain.
>>>>>
>>>>> Won't sell.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 1:53:49 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada  
>>>>> Pacific
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Now's your chance, boys and girls
>>>>>
>>>>> Got $300,000 lying around? And that's the STARTING bid.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yl3xx4n
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
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