[78-L] Thornton W. Burgess 78

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Jim Whipkey" <suuford at msn.com>
>  I just found a 12 inch 78 recorded by Thornton W. Burgess, while sorting 
> through some records. It was in a sleeve which was supposed to be one of 
> three records  of Bach's Sonata in E by Wanda Landowska and Yehudi 
> Menuhin.  I know of Burgess, but had never run across a recording he made. 
> Perhaps someone can fill in the blanks for me. It's Columbia  Graphophone 
> A7524. Label says  KZ Educations series (primary story). One side is The 
> Joy of the Beautiful Pine,  Thornton W. Burgess , story record with chimes 
> and orchestra. The other side is Johnny Chuck finds the Best Thing in the 
> World,  Thornton W. Burgess  from "Old Mother West Wind" (Little, Brown 
> and Company) story record.  Any info appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>  Jim Whipkey
>
Columbia A75** was in Columbia's 1914?-194? "Educational" series. Burgess 
cut a number of
"bird call" records for these series. These were marketed mainly to schools, 
rather than to
individuals. "KZ" was a date code put on  Columbia records 1914-c.1922; the 
"Z" indicates
the year (this ran backwards from "Z = 1914) and the "K" the month (since 
"I" wasn't used,
"K" would be November).

Steven C. Barr