[78-L] fwd: A Chance to Finally Forgive Mom for Throwing Out ThatCard

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
>>  I envy anyone who has or had parental support for his/her hobby.  Mine
>> condemned (in no uncertain terms) my interest in good music, old records,
>> and acoustic phonos as "a waste of money on JUNK".  All garbage, to them.
>>
> I actually started my 78 collection when I inherited my father's 300-odd 
> 78's
> after his death...mainly because none of my siblings wanted them! My dad
> had mainly Tommy Dorsey discs (he was a great fan of Jack Leonard);
> however, he also had a dozen or so Boswell Sisters reissues, as well as
> the original of the Mills Brothers' "Good-Bye Blues!"
> 
> I used to play those 78's when I was about three; we had a large RCA
> Victor console with a record player. I'm sure among my half-vast shellac
> archives I still have most of my dad's 78's...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 

I had no problems with my family, since they were collectors as well..not just 
my parents, in fact. One aunt still loves bebop and Lord Buckley, and one uncle 
was the first in the family to call my attention to Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman 
and MAD Magazine well over 50 years ago.

dl