[78-L] What's an ERPI?

[David Lennick]

Interesting, and throws out my 1938 theory. But the SS 9609-6/SS 9610-6 numbers 
for one Robert Frost disc indicate that these may have been recut with the B- 
numbers.

dl

On 10/14/2011 9:33 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> The English Journal, Vol.25, No.6 Jun, 1936
>
>
> The records we have at present can all be ordered from Erpi Picture
> Consultants, Inc., 250 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York City, at $2.50
> per record. They are:
>
> Of Miss Gertrude Stein:
>    I A. From the "Making of Americans" Part I.
>      B. Fromt he "Making of Americans" Part II.
>   II A. "If I Told Him. A Completed Portrait of Picasso."
>      B. "Matisse."
> III A. "A Valentine to Sherwood Anderson."
>      B. "Madame Recamier, an Opera."
>
> Of Mr. Robert Frost:
>    I A. "The Death of the Hired Man," Part I.
>      B. "The Death of the Hired Man," Part II.
>   II A. "The Death of the Hired Man," Part III.
>      B. "The Tuft of Flowers."
>         "A Peck of Gold, San Francisco."
>         "Fire and Ice."
> III A. "Mending Wall."
>         "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
>         "Dust of Snow."
>      B. "Birches."
>   IV A. "The Road Not Taken."
>         "The Runaway."
>         "Neither out Far nor in Deep."
>      B. "Two Tramps in Mud Time."
>
> GEORGE W. HIBBITT
> COLUMBIA COLLEGE
> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
>
>
> POETRY, Vol.58, No.2 (May, 1941)   Review:Poetry on Records
> lists
> Robert Frost.  National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago,
>    and Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., Long Island City, N.Y.;
>    five 12".
> The review cites the following titles:
>    Birches
>    Mending Wall
>    Fire and Ice
>    Two Tramps in Mud Time
>    The Death of the Hired Man (3 sides).
>
> the specification of   five   may be an error...
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 1:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] What's an ERPI?
>
>
> This is interesting, since it shows different matrix numbers for a couple of
> the Frosts. Here's what I have, all with the B- numbers that are like World
> Program Service lateral recordings. These numbers appear on the labels and in
> the dead wax. The A- numbers appear only in the dead wax. "Hired Man" is spread
> over 3 sides. I don't own the disc XIII/XIV.
>
> ROBERT FROST (NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, AMERICAN SPEECH,
> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, CONTEMPORARY POETS VII-XII)
> VII	MENDING WALL; STOPPING BY WOODS; DUST OF SNOW
>       (ERPI CLASSROOM FILMS INC. A11006 CUT 1; B17540D1)
> VIII	BIRCHES
>       (ERPI CLASSROOM FILMS INC. A11006 CUT 2; B17541D1)
> IX, X, XI	THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN
>       (ERPI PICTURE CONSULTANTS A11010 CUTS 1&  2, A11011 CUT 1; B17544/5/6D1)
> XII	THE TUFT OF FLOWERS; A PECK OF GOLD; FIRE AND ICE
>       (ERPI PICTURE CONSULTANTS A11011 CUT 2; B17547D1)
>
> dl
>
> On 10/14/2011 12:48 PM, Franz Kunst wrote:
>> The Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound has the following 12" shellac pressings:
>>
>> Erpi Picture Consultants	8066-6/8067-6	National Council Of Teachers of
>> English, American Speech, University Press, Contemporary Poets I/II.
>> Gertrude Stein
>> Erpi Picture Consultants	SS 9607-6/SS 9608-6 National Council Of
>> Teachers of English, American Speech, University Press, Contemporary
>> Poets XI/XII. Robert Frost
>> Erpi Picture Consultants	SS 9609-6/SS 9610-6 National Council Of
>> Teachers of English, American Speech, University Press, Contemporary
>> Poets IX/X. Robert Frost
>> Erpi Picture Consultants	B 17542 D1/B 17543 D1	National Council Of
>> Teachers of English, American Speech, University Press, Contemporary
>> Poets XIII/XIV. Robert Frost
>>
>> Regards,
>> Franz Kunst
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