[78-L] Record Stores

[Cary Ginell]

No, it was pretty much out of the scope of my work to contact him. I got the basic material I needed from existing sources.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:03:04 -0500
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Record Stores
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > Crystal does give a pretty good history of the store in his book "700 Sundays."
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> > 
> > 
> 
> 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:
> >> 
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> 
> >> 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 
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >>>> 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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