[78-L] Mel Blanc selling Capitol 78s in old Hollywood

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 9 14:10:30 PDT 2011


Is that John Palladino at the mixer during the Wakely session?  Looks like a
Presto cutting head on that Scully too....

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> This is an amazing document - a half-hour full color promotional film for
> Capitol Records, showing street scenes of Hollywood, record store displays,
> and vintage Mel Blanc.  Also features cameos by Capitol Records' prexy Alan
> Livingston, A&R men Lee Gillette and Ken Nelson, Jimmy Wakely in the
> recording studio, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Yogi Yorgesson, Dean Martin how
> records are made with magnetic tape. They even identify the NINE ingredients
> used to make up the Capitol Records "biscuit." And if that's not enough,
> Blanc and his chubby record buying friend (anyone know who he is?) then fly
> to Scranton, PA to see the Capitol pressing plant. Lots of fun. This was
> just uploaded on YouTube a few days ago.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6IMuRICNP0
>
> Cary Ginell
>
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