[78-L] 1st Family

[David Lennick]

We pressed it on sterner stuff up here. I've turned it up dozens of times. US 
Capitols were as bad as Deccas in the 50s in the durability department.

dl

jack palmer wrote:
> That surprises me.  When I was actively searching for records, I found "It's In the Book" both as a 78 and later as a 45 fairly often.   Jack
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> --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com> wrote:
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> From: Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 1st Family
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 12:56 AM
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> I seldom see "It's in the Book" down here.  It was very brittle and broke easily.
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> Don
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>> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:27:52 -0500
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 1st Family
>>
>> I wonder if folks held onto that one as well..or broke it? I rarely find it in 
>> thrift stores. On the other hand, "It's In the Book" still turns up everywhere 
>> and in Canada, pressed (by Sparton) on 3 types of material..heavy shellac, 
>> light shellac-vinyl mix, and laminated.
>>
>> dl
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>> Don Chichester wrote:
>>> In the early '50s I was working part-time at a record store. The manager told me that a new Stan Freberg 78 was about to be issued, and the Capitol rep told the store owners to buy a lot of them, pre-issue date. The record? St. George and the Dragonet. It sold out immediately!
>>>
>>> Don
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