[78-L] What's an ERPI?

[David Lennick]

The ERPI discs are in fact National Council of Teachers of English. I don't 
know if these predate the ten-inch red label discs, some of which I believe 
were dubbed from pregrooved aluminums. The ERPIs are very good quality, sound 
first generation..no tell-tale background noise as if from film or 33rpm 
lacquers. They're in a series called Contemporary Poets and are numbers 7-14 
(I'm missing sides 9 & 10). For what it's worth, the one Gertrude Stein disc I 
have is on the same label and in the same series, numbers 3 & 4. The Caedmon lp 
had 6 tracks so Stein could be on numbers 1/2 and 5/6, with Frost following. 
(And no, the Gertrude Stein sides don't have the same type of matrix numbers, 
although they still look as if they could have been cut by the same studio.)

dl

On 10/13/2011 10:39 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> There is a notice of the ERPI Frost 78's in a poetry journal found in JSTOR (which I don't have access to, but may be
> able to get it through a friend).  Sometimes these hits in google are misleading (shows part on article, and misses something
> in between sections).  That article seemed to indicate 5 discs.
> I guess the only valid way to document these releases is to see the actual discs.  Open invite to anyone having
> the discs to provide discographical details!
>
> Worldcat also is problematic.  Lots of incomplete and mistaken entries.
> The 4 discs they list are Council of Teachers of English - I speculate that these are later pressings of
> the ERPI discs - perhaps they only issued 4 of the perhaps 5 - or whatever library did the cataloging only has
> 4 of the 5.
>
> The CD is perhaps a dub of the 2 10inchers ???
>
> If I get the JSTOR article, I'll report what it actually says....
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
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>
>
> So the ten-inch lps are probably different..seems to me I sampled them briefly
> when I got them to see if they might have been reissues of the earlier
> recordings. And it looks as if there were only 4 78s (you'd mentioned 5). One
> pair of numbers is missing between the discs I have, so I don't have
> The runaway --
> The road not taken --
> Neither out far nor in deep --
> Two tramps in mud time --
>
> dl
>
> On 10/13/2011 9:32 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure the 2x10" LP's of Robert Frost are the same recordings as ERPI.
>>
>> Worldcat also has entries for 78rpm National Council of Teachers of English releases.
>>     National Council of Teachers of English.
>> Performer(s): Robert Frost reading his poems.
>> Description: 4 sound discs : 78 rpm ; 12 in.
>> Contents:
>>
>> Mending wall --
>> Stopping by woods on a snowy evening --
>> Dust of snow --
>> Birches --
>> The runaway --
>> The road not taken --
>> Neither out far nor in deep --
>> Two tramps in mud time --
>> Death of a hired man --
>> The tuft of flowers --
>> A peck of gold --
>> Fire and ice.
>>
>>
>> The Worldcat entry for the LPs:
>>>  From the Complete poems of Robert Frost.
>> "Recorded and processed on vinylite by RCA Victor ; produced and distributed by the National Council of Teachers of English."
>> Description: 2 sound discs ; analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.
>> Contents: Record 1. Birches ; Reluctance ; The woodpile ; The runaway ; The road not taken ; A peck of gold ; Stopping by woods
> on
>> a snowy evening ; The death of the hired man ; The onset --
>> Record 2. Mending wall ; Neither far out nor in deep ; Two tramps in mud time ; Tree at my window ; One step backward ; Desert
>> places ; Fire and ice ; Dust of snow ; The pasture ; Mowing ; After apple picking. The white-tailed hornet ; The peaceful
> shepherd
>> ; A tuft of flowers ; Nothing gold can stay
>> E1-LCB 1941-1944 National Council of Teachers of English
>>
>>
>> AND an "CD" - no libraries listed holding a copy (what does that mean ????)
>> Notes: From the Complete poems of Robert Frost.
>> Originally recorded and processed on vinylite by RCA Victor ; produced and distributed by the National Council of Teachers of
>> English.
>> Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
>> Contents: Birches --
>> Reluctance --
>> The woodpile --
>> The runaway --
>> The road not taken --
>> A peck of gold --
>> Stopping by woods on a snowy evening --
>> The death of the hired man --
>> The onset --
>> Mending wall --
>> Neither far out nor in deep --
>> Two tramps in mud time --
>> Tree at my window --
>> One step backward --
>> Desert places --
>> Fire and ice --
>> Dust of snow --
>> The pasture --
>> Mowing --
>> After apple picking --
>> The white-tailed hornet --
>> The peaceful shepherd --
>> A tuft of flowers --
>> Nothing gold can stay.
>> Series Title: Contemporary poets series.
>>
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
>> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:24 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] What's an ERPI?
>>
>>
>> And of course, do you think I can find the ten-inch lps now that I want to
>> check them? Silly boy.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 10/13/2011 7:07 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> I have the ten inch Frost lps..I wasn't sure if they were the same recordings
>>> as the 78s. I have 3 of the 12-inch 78s and one Gertrude Stein, and I thought
>>> that she had been recorded earlier (based on what I think it said on the
>>> Caedmon lp). I suspect that the Frost 78s could date from 1938, if World was
>>> using consecutive matrix numbers and just assigning appropriate prefixes to
>>> them. The discs I have bear matrix numbers B17540/1 and 17544/7, and a World
>>> Transcription of the Chevrolet Musical Moments series with a definite "new 1939
>>> Chevrolet on display this October 11" reference is BB17438. Just speculation on
>>> my part, but I'd say that all discs were cut by the same company.
>>>
>>> dl
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