[78-L] zoo Duriums

[Taylor Bowie]

John G.,

What a wonderful set...wish I had one,  as I'm very fond of sound effects 
records for some reason (My first and still fave is the green label Gennett 
of sheep).

I do have at least some of the music hall set as well but am not sure where 
it is (Mr. Barr isn't the only one with that problem ?!) .  My 10" 78s are 
all in fine order,  but 12" and odd sizes are boxed up and scattered around.

I'll keep an eye out for Fred Barnes and let you know.

Taylor (B)





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John G." <jgozza at ntlworld.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 3:50 AM
Subject: [78-L] zoo Duriums


This sounds very much like a set which I junked years ago in a furniture 
shop !   Namely:

ZOO VOICES.    To mark the launch of Zoo Magazine in June 1936, six 5" 
Duriums in a folder,  " specially  recorded  at  the  Zoological Gardens, 
Regent's Park and  Whipsnade,  with running commentary by Julian  Huxley, 
Secretary of the  Zoological  Society  of London," went on sale for 1/6d ! 
(= 7½ " p.)    These well produced records featured the following animals:

1. Sealions, incl. Gus & Nobby

2. The larger birds - sarus crane,emu, ibis, heron,flamingo

3. The howling pack -wolves,dingoes, hyena.

4. Birds - sea and bateleur eagle, American osprey, vulturine guinea  fowl, 
white pelican

5. The larger cats - lions, tigers, puma, leopard, serval cat

 6. The noisy ones - the parrot house and Mr. Huxley's own pet parrot


They're quite entertaining.

Another set  of small Duriums I nearly have complete is of music hall 
artistes  including  Marie Lloyd Junior, Harry Champion  et  al.  These were 
advertising items,as shown below.  The one I'm missing is Fred Barnes...
anybody got him??

AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS, 89 New Oxford Rd., brought out six 5"Durium-type discs of 
music hall artistes :  Harry  Champion,  Marie  Lloyd Jr., Wilkie Bard, 
Florrie Forde,  Fred Barnes and Charles Coborn (1936)  They sold things as 
diverse as  watches and  razor blades, and made other advertising records.



John  Goslin     [in UK]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Speaking of little records, I had a call this afternoon from a collector who
> found a batch of English discs like Hit of the Week, apparently dealing 
> with
> aspects of zoo animals. Hans..do these sound familiar?
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