[78-L] If Daddy is a Commie then you gotta turn him in..

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Jan 29 06:32:43 PST 2010


Michael Biel wrote:
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Well, that was fun..we just watched the 1951 "I Was a Communist
>> for the FBI" with Frank Lovejoy. ... And Cvetic enters a record store,
>> and asks for "Beethoven's Emperor Concerto". The clerk says
>> "The long playing version?" Cvetic replies "No, the standard Red label."
>> You with me so far? What's this in code? The clerk hands Cvetic a 78 
>> album and says that all their listening booths are full but there's a
>> special private room in the back. Cvetic takes the album, goes into
>> the back room, and..the store is a front for the FBI meetings! dl
> 
> Was it a Victor album? Did they have any Red Army Chorus on Keynote?
> Paul Robeson "Songs Of Free Men"?  Or The Weavers?  Were there albums on
> display?  Could they be recognized or were they fake?
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 

Guess I'll have to go back and look in slo mo! I don't recall seeing any 
titles. The album the clerk hands over looks to have a blank white cover. In a 
Pittsburgh record store, you'd expect polkas....

dl




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