[78-L] First LP

[David Lennick]

 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:13:40 -0700
> From: david_breneman at yahoo.com
> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] First LP
> 
> --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net> wrote:
> 
> > I thought CBS used tape for the Hear It Now series of
> > records? Oh & 
> > was anything beyond volume 1 released on 78's? 
> 
> "Hear it Now" was a radio series, which inspired the "I Can
> Hear it Now" records. It was the forerunner of "60 Minutes."
> From my understanding, the first season was done on wire,
> and the following seasons (one or two?) were done on tape.
> It was the grandfather of all "magazine" shows.
> 

 

"Hear It Now" debuted in December 1950. Why would anyone even think of using wire at that point, other than revival productions of Death Of A Salesman? There was no second season. It went to TV the following November. And the records inspired the radio show, according to John Dunning (Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio).

 

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