[78-L] new additions to Nat Recording Registry
Steven C. Barr
stevenc at interlinks.net
Wed Apr 6 18:56:37 PDT 2011
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Some worthy ones there. I wonder about that Mort Sahl being the "first
> standup
> comedy album"..anyone know offhand if the Lord Buckley Vaya discs were
> with an
> audience? There are definitely other live comedy recordings before 1955.
>
There were comedy 78's going back to the earliest days of 78's...!
"No News, or What Killed the Dog" sold for years in large numbers.
My personal favourite is Burt Sheppard doing "How I Got To Morrow,"
which is still funny after about 110 years...!
Steven C. Barr
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