[78-L] Alex Steinweiss article

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 28 16:08:03 PST 2009


Scans, shmans..I have both albums! The Steinweiss one eventually made it onto 
an LP jacket (AC 55).

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> I'd like to see what it looks like. Can you send a scan? Can't seem to find an image on line.
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
>> From: chaumelle at orange.fr
>> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:51:00 +0100
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:58:34 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Alex Steinweiss article
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 12/28/09, fnarf at comcast.net <fnarf at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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