[78-L] Radical Recordings

[David Lennick]

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> agp wrote:
>> 78s on the KKK label .. where they speeches or good ol', er, klan
>> drinking (lynching?) songs? Don't really wanna be caught dead with
>> any of 'em in my house, but am curious.
>> Second -- radical in a different way --- I'm looking for any
>> recommended recordings on 78 of The Internationale and the Soviet
>> National Anthem. What are the definitive versions?
> --
> And what if you're caught (dead or alive) with The Definite Version of the 
> Soviet National Anthem? Those guys managed to kill far more people than the 
> KKK ever dreamed of.
> Luckily possession of radical recordings isn't a risk factor in my country. 
> I'd go for The Definite Version of the Horst Wessel Lied as well, to 
> complete the picture.
> Kristjan 


I was transferring some 78s by the Red Army Choir some years ago, and had the 
window open..when I got to the Soviet Anthem, my wife hollered up to me that 
the RCMP was waiting outside with a few questions.

The funniest (not intentionally) version of The Internationale is on Victor, in 
a V-xxxxx series. Played by a band that wouldn't qualify at a second-rate high 
school, and I swear it has a violin solo. Sorry I don't have the record number 
or name of the perpetrators..La Marseillaise is on the reverse, but that's all 
I remember right now.

dl