[78-L] Late Pressed 78s.--Historic Masters & Symposium

[Cary Ginell]

Robert Altschuler was known unaffectionately to his victims as "The Big 
Kahuna." This was in reference to a character created in the 1960s by 
KHJ radio program director Ron Jacobs as a station promotion (I'm 
speaking about KHJ at the ARSC Conference in a few weeks and there are a
 couple of funny promotional spots I'm playing during my talk). Anyway, 
Altie took advantage of lots of people on his infrequent visits to L.A. 
Only a few well-heeled collectors could afford his wares, and Altie 
would leave town with his suitcase full of money, chuckling to himself.



Cary Ginell

> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:35:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Late Pressed 78s.--Historic Masters & Symposium
> 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > The same applies for private pressings done for audition purposes, some of
> > which fall off the back of the truck and into the hands of private 
> > collectors.
> > Hundreds of these from the Columbia/ARC vaults began turning up on 
> > dealers'
> > lists a few years ago..nice stuff, often unissued or alternate takes as 
> > well as > issued versions.
> >
> A-ha..."the Altschuler pressings!" Mr. Altschuler (forget his first name)
> had a high position at ARC...and took advantage of that to pull out
> stampers for noted jazz 78's...and then run off and sell copies thereof...!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 
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