[78-L] Mystery Recording Help..

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Thu Nov 12 20:19:43 PST 2009


From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net>
>> To give a little more info on this, I quote Geoffrey Wheeler's book - 
>> "Beginning on Saturday, May 21, 1938 and extending over a period of five 
>> weeks, Morton sat at the piano in the Coolidge Library Auditorium at the 
>> Library of Congress and recorded ninety 12-inch sides that Circle Records 
>> issued 10 years later on 45 discs titled The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord."

From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> IIRC, Circle also issued them on 78's as a set. not too long after their 
> recording...?!   Steven C. Barr 


Isn't this EXACTLY what Glenn's quote said?????  90 sides equals 45
2-sided discs.  Not 45 RPM discs.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com




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