[78-L] what a work of fiction

[David Lennick]

What I want to know is whether Queens University is disposing of its record 
collection. I've asked one person who might know..

dl

On 9/6/2010 4:20 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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:
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> "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
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> ----- 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
>>>
>>> __________________________________