[78-L] Maloof records

[David Lennick]

In other words, you're aloof to Maloof.

(Duck, Lenny!)

On 3/30/2012 6:43 PM, Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
> Hey Mal - I don't have a single Maloof. I don't collect Arabic much (have a
> few) and focus mainly on Greek&  Cajun (and some Hawaiian!).
> Malcolm in Georgia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Rockwell
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:08 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: [78-L] Maloof records (was: eBay rant)
>
> Hey, Malcolm -
> Mal here!
> How's your collection of Maloof 78s? Reason I ask is that more than a
> few were recorded by Gennett c. 1921-24 but I have no way of knowing
> which series were Gennett issues and which were not. I have a few in the
> 200 and 7000 series but the giveaway matrix numbers are not by Gennett
> in either case.
> Second problem is all the Syrian, Turkish, Egyptian titles in the Ge
> ledgers are transliterated into English but appear on the labels in
> Arabic lettering (never mind what language it is!).
> And lastly, most of the mid-eastern material in the Ge ledgers have no
> issue numbers or side letters attached to the rest of the info so
> without obvious matrix numbers in the Maloof runouts I'm shooting in the
> dark.
> Can you fill in any detail here?
> Mal
>