[78-L] autographs James Herman Weems Tanner

Bill McClung bmcclung78 at gmail.com
Tue May 4 20:29:10 PDT 2010


Did this get posted?  I sent it and it wasn't on my receive list.  Anybody
see it before now?

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Dallas on Thursday I was looking through a bunch of 78s and found 50-60
> 78s autographed by Harry James, Woody Herman, Ted Weems, and Elmo Tanner
> among others.
>
> Many were inscribed to "Leon" and others were just autographed.  A couple
> were autographed on the label itself (the Modernaires for one)  but almost
> all were written on masking tape on the top third of the label so that all
> that was obscured was the label brand.
>
> I didn't buy any because by then I had found other 78s I wanted more.   If
> you are interested in contacting this person please contact me off line and
> I'll pass on his name and phone number.
>
> At least one was autographed by both Ted Weems and Elmo Turner.  I held it
> up to my ear but couldn't tell if Elmo was singing or just whistling.
>
>
>



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