[78-L] Alex Steinweiss article

[Taylor Bowie]

Knowing Miles and his obsession with Show Boat and for accuracy as well...I 
would trust his account of the thing.

Taylor



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> Oh, that's good. A credible secondary source discussing the material is 
> BETTER than a primary source.
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> The book is Miles Kreuger, Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American 
> Musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Its library record says 
> it's illustrated; I can't reserve books from that library so I can't tell 
> if that includes a picture of the Brunswick artwork.
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> From: "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:58:34 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
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> Back about 1979 or so, Miles Krueger wrote a book about "Show Boat" 
> (correct title escapes me - published by Oxford University Press or 
> somebody like that) and he discussed the original 1932 Brunswick album 
> with its original artwork and compared it to the Columbia re-issue with 
> Steinweiss artwork. While this is not primary source material, it is a 
> credible, published reference, probably still available somewhere, and 
> reinforces the concept we are trying to re-establish.
>
> Rodger
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> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
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> --- On Mon, 12/28/09, fnarf at comcast.net <fnarf at comcast.net> wrote:
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> From: fnarf at comcast.net <fnarf at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
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> Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 2:20 PM
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> This is important! While the ramblings of a delightful bunch of old coots 
> is very enjoyable, it's not evidence. People saying "Steinweiss wasn't 
> first" aren't any more reliable than people saying "Steinweiss was first" 
> without some solid documentary proof. Without it, journalists and authors 
> are right to ignore us.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
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> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:52:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
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> Liesl Bradner has asked me for permission to print my comments as a 
> letter-to-the-editor, to be published in next Sunday's L.A. Times Calendar 
> edition.
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