[78-L] Subject: Re: MAJOR RECORDS

[Glenn Longwell]

The catalog I have is from 1946.  It covers the range of records from 4002 to 5069.  From 5056 to 5069 it's all music.  Prior to that it was all sound effects.  The music is not listed as having any artists and all are listed as being in the public domain.  They were all intended as mood music, musical bridges, Christmas Carols, etc.  So nothing more listed by Bowles, at least not through 1946.

>From the cover:

"From a Cat's Meow to a Lion's Roar...a Postol Shot to a World War"

Major Records

The Ultimate in Sound Effects

Distributed by
Thomas J. Valentino, Inc.
1600 Broadway
New York, NY

Regards,
Glenn

--- On Mon, 8/16/10, Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net> wrote:

From: Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Subject: Re:  MAJOR RECORDS
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 3:57 PM

I have a Major Records catalog somewhere here.  I only remember seeing sound effects records listed though I could have missed this.  I'll see if I can track it down tonight and search for Paul Bowles.

Glenn

--- On Mon, 8/16/10, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Subject: Re:  MAJOR RECORDS
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 3:33 PM


5160-A is the disc I have with music by Paul Bowles..quite weird, "played and conducted by Max Marlin" by an ensemble consisting of a terrible violinist or two, a hammond organ (probably) and a few other instruments. "MOOD MUSIC--Pastoral or Dream Thematic Music with Menacing Undertones". If Bowles weren't actually an important American composer this would be a tosser. I wonder if there's any more music by him on Major? (The flip side is harp interludes.)

dl


 
> From: mgstill at bellsouth.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:16:38 -0500
> Subject: [78-L] Subject: Re: MAJOR RECORDS
> 
> Thanks to Royal, David & Mike for your responses.
> 
> Thank you, Royal, for the name of Thomas J. Valentino; I was then able to
> find his NY Times obit at
> http://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/06/obituaries/thomas-j-valentino-is-dead-earl
> y-sound-effects-producer.html
> 
> David, thanks especially for the fact that Paul Bowles' experimental music
> was on this label; too bad his music was not in the pile I found.
> 
> Yes, Mike, they ARE awful, and strangely consistent. I am still wondering
> how they were created or how they were snatched, because they lack any of
> the "dirtiness" of live sounds. Wouldn't these clean sounds be much more
> expensive to create than "snatched" sound effects? Their cleanness also
> makes them less convincing as sound effects because they lack vibrancy.
> Presumably, consistency was more the point than dramatic thrust.
> 
> Best,
> Margaret G. Still
> 
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