[78-L] what a work of fiction

[Taylor Bowie]

My favorite line from the description:

"These records are so rare I could say how  many still Around."

Almost like surrealist poetry.


Second best line:

"When I got it it was still in its origanl cover."

Like a guessing game...or a puzzle record ("which one will play?").  He got 
it in the "origanl" cover but is it still IN the "origanl" cover?  I'm sure 
we'll never know.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] what a work of fiction


> It's also only a third of the symphony, and it's dubbed from the 78s. 
> Trust
> Victor to spread that one out when it could easily have fitted on two 
> sides,
> one movement per.
>
> And Program Transcriptions were still in print as late as 1940, and 33RPMs 
> were
> made for radio use and soundtrack playback and intermission music in movie
> houses and blah blah blah..
>
> dl
>
> On 9/6/2010 3:16 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>> from you-know-where:
>>
>> the item is a Victor PRogram Transcription of Stokowski conducting
>> Schubert's Symphony #8. At least, I assume it is Schubert and not
>> Dvorak. It was never stated exactly.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250692920631&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
>>
>> The seller says:
>>
>> "You are looking at one of the rarest records to exist,Most people think
>> 33rpms or lps were not made until the fifties,But The Program
>> Transcriptions were made in 1931 by the inventor of flat records.In
>> Canada.,The records were made to replace the 78s but people were not
>> able to buy the new machines/record players to play the new speed 33
>> rpm.These records were made by Victor Talking Machine company of Canada
>> limited,Montreal.The records were made for only one year! Victor had to
>> stop making the machines and records because no one, or almost no one
>> could buy the machines and new records Victor scraped the whole plan and
>> almost all the records and machines were destroyed,33 rpms would not be
>> made again until the fifties.
>>
>> This record was bought sometime during 1931 buy Queens University in
>> Kingston Ontario,This is how I came across the record.It is one sided
>> made of  a soft material just like present records.Victor had live bands
>> to record these records this one is by Leopold Stokowski and the
>> Philadelphia Orchestra,Symphony no.8,in B minor.
>> The record number in L-11646-S.These records are so rare I could say how
>> many still Around..The condition is excellent no scratches no scuffs
>> When I got it it was still in its origanl cover."
>>
>> =======
>>
>> OK, so they are not so common, but I would hardly say they are the
>> rarest record to exist. I would immediately think of Berliners and
>> pre-dog Victors (or pre-Victor Victors) as more difficult to come by
>> perhaps, or 20" Pathes, all of which were also commercially produced and
>> relatively new tech in their respective days. I didn't know that Victor
>> attempted to destroy all the machines and records - like they would
>> waste money on that when times were tough...
>>
>> joe salerno
>>
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