[78-L] Varsity

[Sammy Jones]

dl wrote: 
> A note in an issue of 78 Quarterly (the magazine published every 25
> years, whether they feel like it or not) mentions that one Harry Smith
> was Eli Oberstein's recording engineer. Is this the same Harry Smith
> who recorded custom airchecks in the 30s and 40s? And whose studio was
> taken over by Fred Hall and Chuck Phillips in 1944, according to this.

My lacquer copy of the War of the Worlds was cut by Harry Smith, supposedly
custom-recorded for Orson Welles.  

The address on the label is 2 West 46th ST, NY, which is the same address as
in the Billboard article.

Sammy Jones