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[David Lennick]

I've seen high school band records from the late 40s of Toronto high school 
bands and choirs, but Peter Doyle turned up a 1933 Victor Private Record of a 
Canadian band a couple of years ago.

dl

On 10/18/2010 7:15 PM, Bill McClung wrote:
> The earliest high school band record I've seen looks to be from
> the mid-1950s.   It is on the Custom label from Austin, Texas and it
> features the Yoe High School Band from Cameron, TX.  It is a ten-inch 33 1/3
> rpm one-sided disc.   Two songs on the one side.  I'm also guessing it was
> used as a fund-raiser.
>
> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Chad<tibbs at redwall.net>  wrote:
>
>> I found a record in a thrift store, it is 7 inches, 33 1/3 RPM, red and
>> transparent, the title is: "1954-1955 EXCELSIOR IN SOUND" manufactured by C.
>> P. MacGregor Co. Hollywood.
>>   It sounds like a high school year in review, I found out there was an
>> Excelsior High School in Norwalk California that closed in 1981, and another
>> one in Washougal Washington.
>>   So I was wondering about this record, was it common for high schools to
>> make a year in review record? and if so when did this custom start?
>>
>> Chad.
>>
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