[78-L] Timely Tune find

Wed May 18 12:11:05 PDT 2011

Timely Tunes #C-1563 Dick Devall Barroom sold on eBay for $175 last fall...

Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> Suddenly, the only Timley Tunes in my collection, cracked badly, but
> playable on one side looks like an auction posting. WhoWouldaThot?
>
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>>    1. Re:  Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes (Steve Williams)
>>    2. Re:  Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes (Cary Ginell)
>>    3. Re:  ARSC conference proceedings (Michael Biel)
>>    4.  Timely Tunes (Glenn Longwell)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:10:47 -0400
>> From: "Steve Williams"<jazzhunter at collector.org>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes
>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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>> That's the one record I would have bid on also.  Congratulations!  Sounds
>> like it was less terrible than it might have been, - and alternate
>> takes.......
>>
>> ..Steve Williams  ..
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:14 -0700
>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>> Subject: [78-L] Frederick Tussey
>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Message-ID:<BLU142-W23D68DAC50FC4A2DB7C940B08C0 at phx.gbl>
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>> Just got the Timely Tunes 78 that I won from Frederick Tussey on eBay (by
>> King's Hawaiians, a pseudonym for (King) Bennie Nawahi - It was described
>> as
>> being in "VG" condition, but was sold "as is". I took a calculated risk on
>> this record, so I am not going to return it, but both sides are closer to
>> G.
>> Heavy graying of grooves with surface-noise-to-music ratio being about
>> 60/40. Just a word to the wise to anyone interested in bidding on his
>> records. He either overgrades or - and I believe the latter is the case -
>> he
>> doesn't know the first thing about grading (or spelling, I might add),
>> which
>> is why he couches his descriptions in all kinds of caveats. I'm not
>> returning the record because, as Malcolm informed me, both sides are
>> alternate takes available only on TT. I have the first takes on a
>> Montgomery
>> Ward in E condition, so I'm fine with having this one, even at the price I
>> paid for a record several grades below how it was described.
>>
>> His packing, incidentally, was excellent.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 10:39:57 -0700
>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes
>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Message-ID:<BLU142-W12AF2DB20205701642F4DBB08F0 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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>>
>> After running it through an equalizer, it's actually not so bad. No
>> distortion, just surface wear. And you can't quibble about any Timely Tunes
>> acquisition, because it's not likely to turn up again anytime soon.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>      
>>> From: jazzhunter at collector.org
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:10:47 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes
>>>
>>> That's the one record I would have bid on also.  Congratulations!  Sounds
>>> like it was less terrible than it might have been, - and alternate
>>> takes.......
>>>
>>> ..Steve Williams  ..
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:14 -0700
>>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Frederick Tussey
>>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Message-ID:<BLU142-W23D68DAC50FC4A2DB7C940B08C0 at phx.gbl>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>>
>>> Just got the Timely Tunes 78 that I won from Frederick Tussey on eBay (by
>>> King's Hawaiians, a pseudonym for (King) Bennie Nawahi - It was described
>>>        
>> as
>>      
>>> being in "VG" condition, but was sold "as is". I took a calculated risk
>>>        
>> on
>>      
>>> this record, so I am not going to return it, but both sides are closer to
>>>        
>> G.
>>      
>>> Heavy graying of grooves with surface-noise-to-music ratio being about
>>> 60/40. Just a word to the wise to anyone interested in bidding on his
>>> records. He either overgrades or - and I believe the latter is the case -
>>>        
>> he
>>      
>>> doesn't know the first thing about grading (or spelling, I might add),
>>>        
>> which
>>      
>>> is why he couches his descriptions in all kinds of caveats. I'm not
>>> returning the record because, as Malcolm informed me, both sides are
>>> alternate takes available only on TT. I have the first takes on a
>>>        
>> Montgomery
>>      
>>> Ward in E condition, so I'm fine with having this one, even at the price
>>>        
>> I
>>      
>>> paid for a record several grades below how it was described.
>>>
>>> His packing, incidentally, was excellent.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:49:17 -0400
>> From: Michael Biel<mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] ARSC conference proceedings
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Message-ID:<4DD4069D.9070709 at mbiel.com>
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>> On 5/17/2011 10:54 PM, Steve Ramm wrote:
>>      
>>> Mike: traditionally they are available on the web site by September. And
>>>        
>> only those where permission was received from the speaker.
>>      
>>> Steve
>>>        
>> This year the clearances were built into the agreement to do the
>> presentation, so ALL should be pre-cleared for distribution.
>>
>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>>      
>>>        
>>>> From: mikedaley at gmail.com
>>>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:29:08 -0400
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: [78-L] ARSC conference proceedings
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if recordings/texts of the presentations will be
>>>>          
>> available online at any point?
>>      
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Mike Daley
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:18:57 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Glenn Longwell<glongwell at snet.net>
>> Subject: [78-L] Timely Tunes
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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>> I know they don't turn up that often but are they really that rare? Do we
>> know what sort of pressing runs were done with these before RCA killed it?
>>
>> My only Timely Tunes came in an ebay win where the seller was selling off a
>> lot of probably a dozen discs and a Jim New Timely Tunes disc was in there.?
>> Unfortunately it was cracked but playable.? Technically, with average per
>> record it was less than $2.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> --- On Wed, 5/18/11, Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>  wrote:
>>
>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 1:39 PM
>>
>>
>> After running it through an equalizer, it's actually not so bad. No
>> distortion, just surface wear. And you can't quibble about any Timely Tunes
>> acquisition, because it's not likely to turn up again anytime soon.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>      
>>> From: jazzhunter at collector.org
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:10:47 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frederick Tussey Timely Tunes
>>>
>>> That's the one record I would have bid on also.? Congratulations!? Sounds
>>> like it was less terrible than it might have been, - and alternate
>>> takes.......
>>>
>>> ..Steve Williams? ..
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:14 -0700
>>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Frederick Tussey
>>> To:<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Message-ID:<BLU142-W23D68DAC50FC4A2DB7C940B08C0 at phx.gbl>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>>
>>> Just got the Timely Tunes 78 that I won from Frederick Tussey on eBay (by
>>> King's Hawaiians, a pseudonym for (King) Bennie Nawahi - It was described
>>>        
>> as
>>      
>>> being in "VG" condition, but was sold "as is". I took a calculated risk
>>>        
>> on
>>      
>>> this record, so I am not going to return it, but both sides are closer to
>>>        
>> G.
>>      
>>> Heavy graying of grooves with surface-noise-to-music ratio being about
>>> 60/40. Just a word to the wise to anyone interested in bidding on his
>>> records. He either overgrades or - and I believe the latter is the case -
>>>        
>> he
>>      
>>> doesn't know the first thing about grading (or spelling, I might add),
>>>        
>> which
>>      
>>> is why he couches his descriptions in all kinds of caveats. I'm not
>>> returning the record because, as Malcolm informed me, both sides are
>>> alternate takes available only on TT. I have the first takes on a
>>>        
>> Montgomery
>>      
>>> Ward in E condition, so I'm fine with having this one, even at the price
>>>        
>> I
>>      
>>> paid for a record several grades below how it was described.
>>>
>>> His packing, incidentally, was excellent.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???
>>>
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