[78-L] "Calling all polka records"

[Steve Shapiro]

"Polka records have become hot sellers"!!!   Now I know that the country (USA) and/or the world is really cracking up.

I know someone who may still have maybe 500-1000 polka lps ready to send to you --  cheap! (plus shipping).

I myself have disposed of perhaps 1000-1500 acoustic and post-war polka 78s over the past 25 years.  A few friends continue to bring me these treasures.  All I basically want are clean Dukla Victors; I think I'm covered as far as Mahanojaus goes.  Pay for the postage and I'll box up any more I get and ship them off to whomever will provide them loving care in perpetuity.  But the recipient must listen to all of them at least 10 times each -- and agree never to send them back.

Seriously, this polka market report is great news.

What we need to do is get our European friends to charter the QEII.  We'll load the ship up with polka 78s, lps, cassettes, and cds.  They'll need to give us $2 apiece (cassette tapes are free).  We'll donate the proceeds to our government, so it can finally balance the budget, eliminate the deficit for the next 50 years, provide free quality health care and early retirements at 30 years of age for all (including illegal aliens), and finance the next 10 wars.  Who is volunteering to serve as the point of collection?  Steven B?

Artie, if you want to unload those Australian pressings of 1930s hot (non-swing) jazz, let me know.  These should bring in good money at next years' Bash.  We'll have to put them "down under" the table and provide a floor cushion for people's knees.  If you're venturesome, you can offer half-price admission for every 1000 polka records donated to the QEII Polka Project ( a non-profit organization)./steve


Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:57:47 -0400
From: Rockined1 <rockined1 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Does anybody know an institution that has a large collection of Polish recordings made in this country?
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com 

what about any Polka sites???  I'm not making a joke but it seems that Polka oriented material is starting to sell.Can anybody suggest any places, specially ones that are affiliated with Polish American institutions,  that ave this kind of collection?

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If Polka oriented material is becoming salable, I'd appreciate knowing of parties that might be interested. A recently acquired collection of about 500 78s, consisting primarily of 1930s jazz, of which about 130 were Australian pressings included about 30 late 1940s-early 1950s Polish polka records, many on Dana label.  I'd like to unload them.

Art
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