[78-L] Ellington (was: Gnt(C) 4648...?)

[Michael Biel]

  On 8/11/2010 2:03 AM, David Palmquist wrote:
> My goal is more modest.  I just want to do this with images of the
> labels of Ellington 78 recordings... and display them on my webpage.

Of course the premier collector of Ellington was Jerry Valburn.  Back in 
the 70s when Jerry realized that I was able to take excellent 35mm color 
slides of record labels for my ARSC presentations, he asked me to come 
over to his place and take pictures of his rarest and most unusual 
Ellington records for him.  I probably shot a couple of rolls, 50 or 60 
labels.  He kept the rolls -- undeveloped, but they came out just fine.  
They are probably with his collection, which I think it at the Smithsonian.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

> So far I have a good selection of American labels, but by no means
> all.  I have some British, French, German, Argentinian, Austrian,
> Australian, Spanish, Dutch and possibly a Swedish label too.  But
> again, far far far from complete.
>
> My collaborator and main source is a bit more ambitious - he wants
> 45s, sheet music covers and record sleeves for EPs and LPs,
> too.  It's a lot of work and I can't keep up with what he sends
> me.  My pages take a long time to open, but I may be able to change
> that by using a program that allows me to slice GIF files so they're
> smaller; and if I learn to program rollovers, I can probably use
> thumbnails that expand to full size images.
>
> So much to do, so little time.  But I'll have more time when I retire
> next year.
>
> David (in Delta)
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