[78-L] No -- this is the world's rarest record ....

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> On 7/10/2010 4:58 AM, agp wrote:
>> I was kinda thrown by these statements, too:
>> In describing Henry Burr....
>> --quote--
>> That recording of "Over There" is one of Billboard Top singles of
>> 1917.16 It can be heard at the Virtual Gramophone. He is described as
>> the original King of Pop.
>> --unquote--
>> I also wonder what the reading between the lines is about these
>> responses from 'the usual suspects'' :-)
>> --quote--
>> I have emailed a representative of Brian Rust at Rust Books with no
>> reply as of yet.
>> I have contacted John Tefteller of The World's Rarest Records! who
>> kindly responded:
>>       I looked at the information....unfortunately, since it is not a
>> Blues record I know nothing about it....but it is nice to know that a
>> missing record has been found, no matter what it is.
>> I have called a major 78 collector Ralph Deluca who was not able to 
>> assist me.
>> --unquote--
>>
This actually raises a new and DIFFERENT question...?! Is a record which no
longer exists AT ALL actually "rarer" than a record of which only a single
copy is known to exist?

Note that there have been cited any number of records which DON'T
exist in any firm...?!

Steven C. Barr