[78-L] Alex Steinweiss article

Bertrand CHAUMELLE chaumelle at orange.fr
Mon Dec 28 15:51:00 PST 2009


The two pictures are side by side on page 103. (1932/ 1941)

BC
Le 28 déc. 09, à 23:23, fnarf at comcast.net a écrit :

> Oh, that's good. A credible secondary source discussing the material 
> is BETTER than a primary source.
>
> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
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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
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 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>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> 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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