[78-L] Record Stores

[Michael Biel]

Cary Ginell wrote:
> Crystal does give a pretty good history of the store in his book "700 Sundays."
>
>  Cary Ginell
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Which also was the basis for his one-man show by the same title.  I wish 
I had know that this was the subject matter at the time he was doing the 
show because I would have made a great effort to see it.  I did get the 
book after I found out.  A lot of the direct quotes he uses was from a 
half hour audio tape Milt made as a "start" for an autobiography, and 
that Billy uses in the DVD.  Do you have any contact with Crystal 
because I would like to give him the video I shot of Milt at a Record 
Research Syndicate meeting.  I have a feeling he has no sound film of 
Milt. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 


>> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:15:56 -0500
>> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Record Stores
>>
>> Cary Ginell wrote:
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>>> I'm finishing up my book on Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop, and in the first chapter, I discuss the Commodore Shop. My research shows that they started selling records as early as 1926, not 1933. 
>>> Cary Ginell
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>> It's too bad Milt Gabler never did the autobiography everyone asked him 
>> to do, but all the ads are there, and Billy Crystal has his uncles's and 
>> his father's stuff. His father managed the store when Milt went to 
>> Decca. Again I mention the interesting DVD Billy did a few years ago 
>> about his Uncle Milt. 
>>
>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
>>
>>
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>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> From: dialjazz at verizon.netCommodore began carrying records 
>>>> around 1933 and started issuing its own white-label-black-type 
>>>> Commodore Music Shop custom-pressed reissues (100-113) by 1934. It then 
>>>> began issuing its UHCA label (100-113, and 1-86) in 1936. 
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