[78-L] It's in the book, etc.

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Sun Mar 7 13:14:12 PST 2010


David Lennick wrote:
> Michael Biel wrote:
>   
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>     
>>> In the early 70s, I bought new pressings of a couple of Lenny Bruce albums on 
>>> Fantasy. All remastered from tapes that had more echo and pre-echo than 
>>> content. Unbelievable. Fortunately my dad had original red vinyl copies from 
>>> the early 60s.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>       
>> I found my first copy of Interviews of Our Time without the jacket, and 
>> it does not have Lenny Bruce's name on the label but DOES have Lawrence 
>> Welk's name as one of the interviewees!  Wasn't sure at the junk store 
>> if it was Bruce.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
>> ____________________________________________
>>     
>
> That jacket was worth holding onto. 
I've since gotten a regular copy, early but after the label was changed. 

> I have at least one copy of the original 45 
> version. Speaking of records without jackets, I found a Mort Sahl disc on 
> Fantasy red vinyl in a sealed plain (window) jacket..I didn't know he'd 
> recorded for Fantasy. Presumably before Verve.
>
> dl
>
>   
Ron Smith's Goldmine comedy record book says it was recorded in 55 
before the Verves but not released till after most of the Verves were 
and then was soon deleted because Sahl said it was unauthorized.  He 
says they speeded up the tape to fit it in.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 



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