[78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo

[Taylor Bowie]

For sure...my thought was that for the seller such niceties would not have 
added anything to his bottom line.  The decoration was pretty hilarious in 
the context but these days we run into people who barely even understand the 
idea of a "record."   So at least it was a phonograph.    The other day a 
young (26) friend who works in a record store asked me how many songs were 
usually on one side of a 78...he was stunned to learn that it was usually 
only one!

I really like the photo...I hope somebody buys it so it will stop tempting 
me!

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bruce78rpm at comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:47 AM
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>I was not talking about a more "Fancy" presentation, but a more 
>"Historically Accurate" one. Of course the item speaks for itself, and 
>really did not need the cheap little 60's suitcase phono as an enhancement. 
>But if you are going to include something with it, why not make if from the 
>same era in question, including some nice representative labels that were 
>issued by ARC during the same time period ? It certainly would have made 
>for a better presentation.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:29:59 PM
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>
> The seller may or may not be a history buff, but he is a seller, and
> offers a wide variety (currently hundreds of lots) of printed material for
> sale, with no records listed. For him, it's just another item to move
> along.
>
> I'm not sure what benefit he would receive from making a more fancy
> presentation of the photo...the item pretty well speaks for itself and I
> don't think whoever buys it will much care about the window dressing or
> that it would make for higher bidding in the end.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <bruce78rpm at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo
>
>
>> The Seller, is obviously not a history buff, and his knowledge obviously
>> ends with the photo. Why in the world would you display a 1960's-70's
>> cheap little suitcase electric phonograph with a 45 rpm setting, next to
>> American Record Co. Employees photo from 1931 ? A nice collage of some of
>> ARC's many Record labels from the 1920's and early 30's would have been
>> much more appropriate, and historically correct. I just cringed when I 
>> saw
>> that little portable there with the photo, it just looks plain silly.
>> Unless you happen to be historically out of touch, like the seller. No 
>> big
>> deal I guess.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:57:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo
>>
>> I thought Capitol bought the Scranton plant.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 12/21/2011 1:35 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know the connection between ARC and Capitol (misspelled 
>>> "Capital"
>>> here) - they had nothing to do with each other. Still, a nice historical
>>> piece, if anyone can identify any of the folks in the picture. I sure
>>> can't.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>> From: soundthink at live.com
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:31:40 -0800
>>>> Subject: [78-L] American Record Corp. staff photo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1931-AMERICAN-RECORD-CORP-SCRANTON-PA-EMPLOYEE-PHOTO-CAPITAL-PREDECESSOR-/270816639601?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0dedfa71
>>>>
>>>> It's too rich for my blood, but I'd sure love to see a closeup and try
>>>> and identify Art Satherley and Don Law in the photo.
>>>>
>>>> Cary Ginell
>>>>
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