[78-L] Ask and ye shall have it forwarded unto you..

[Han Enderman]

I have the Esquire record in the envelope, but not the letter.
My previous mail was based on images from an earlier ebay sale with well-readable letter.

The record is ca. 20.3 cm (thus 8") and is flexible: it can be bent into the curve of a banana.
Some damage at rim & hole show a yellow-brown paper base, and I assume that the
lamination is some kind of vinyl.
No label, but in the dead wax is written:
Library of Congress # 1A
LIBRARY OF Congress # 2 [prob 2A, but part of the letters/digits is absent in the label area].
Also these 1 & 2 sides contain the printed/pressed numbers 4 and 3 (not handwritten).

One would think there was an arrangement with LoC to produce these Esquire concert fragments.

Han Enderman
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>>> Can't tell from the photo, but the listing says it's like a Hit Of The Week. Of course that could mean the 1940 Hit Of The Week label which was laminated cardboard, like Viking.

 

dl


 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:17:51 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Ask and ye shall have it forwarded unto you..
> 
> Since this record is 8-inches, I wonder if it is anything like the
> 8-inch Lang-Worths being discussed. If anyone here get it, let us know.
> The letter they sent about the trouble they had getting the record
> formulated is fascinating. 
> 
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> From: Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
> > Thanks, everybody. The collective knowledge is pretty amazing.
> 
> David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-JAZZ-ESQUIRE-EXCLUSIVE-78-BILLIE-LOUIS-TATUM-/380242931948
> >> And whaddaya know..it's flexible!
> >> Thanks and a tip of the Lennick Lid to a certain 78-L lurker. dl
> 
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>>> A ca. 7" flexible record in envelope was produced and mailed by Esquire.
With undated letter:
"At long last, here is that free demonstration record which you requested....
(...) made from substitute material which plays fairly well. It isn't the original
record that we had in mind  (...) and, after all, it's better than no record at all."

Han Enderman

>>> 
I was in Midland TX today and bought a copy of the 1944 Esquire Jazz Book in
magazine form.

The front cover says "Price $1 including record inside back cover."
But bound into the magazine is a card that says "Priorities delay
demonstration record---We had planned to include a demonstration record with
the Esquire Jazz Book at no cost to you...but due to last-minute priorities
on materials, we were unable to produce it.  If you would like to be put on
the mailing list for the record, sign your name and address on the back of
this card, and we'll send you one if and when priorities are lifted.  This
may be within the next few months, or may be after the duration."

So was a record produced?

The record consisted of exerpts of Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny
Hodges, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Al Casey, and Art
Tatum.  They were taken from commerically released recordings.Bill McClung bmcclung78 at gmail.com <<<
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