[78-L] Speaking of comedy on 45s..was Rochester (but Boss!)

[David Lennick]

The Barton Brothers "Mr. Chairman!" on ALLO R7, 45rpm double, looks as if it's 
from the same bunch of ganefs that produced Rivoli.

dl

On 5/22/2012 3:26 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Sounds as if I haven't missed anything in not returning to the place. I used to
> have a contact there who'd "deal" if I was there the right day. On the other
> hand, you got a good price on the Dragnet LP.
>
> How many other knockoffs did Rivoli do? I have "Slips Fluffs and Boners" on
> R2..on 45rpm! (The 12" issue of the Jack Eljan was never hard to find, at least
> in Canada..Phonodisc had it in print for years, I think. I've still never
> played it.)
>
> dl
>
> On 5/22/2012 2:56 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>
>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>>> Also went to the Record Archive where ARSC members were greeted by a sign saying "Welcome ARSC" at
>>> the door. They were extremely friendly there - the shop is very eclectic. I was able to find a
>>> 10-inch LP of pro-Communist pro-Labor folk songs by Joe Glazer as well as a double-disc 78 set on
>>> Banner (the post-war NY label) of songs from HMS Pinafore sung in Yiddish by an all-female cast. (for>   the collector who has everything). With my ARSC discount, each came to only four bucks.
>>
>> We didn't get to the Record Archive until our drive home on Sunday.  The
>> clerk with the Australian accent said that our 20% ARSC discount was
>> still valid, so off we went.  The 78s were in a different place, but we
>> found them and went thru about 7 boxes of 10-inch LPs and 78s, mostly
>> unmarked but we had gotten them for $3 last fall when we were there.
>> When we checked out the Aussie entered most of our pile into the
>> register, all marked LPs, a lot were $1 but there were some higher,
>> including Record Store Day things Leah got.  But to "help him out" the
>> other clerk, the one with the three days beard growth that he must think
>> makes him look "manly" too the 10-inchers.  Starting with the five 78s
>> he proceeded to GOOGLE EACH ONE to get a price.  I objected to the $5
>> ones and didn't buy them -- even for a big customer with a $200 sale
>> (before discount) he was not willing to reduce them to the $3 that he
>> priced the others at -- unable to find some Soviet LPs in Google.  I WAS
>> expecting him to come up with a $25 pricing for the Dragnet Christmas
>> Story soundtrack LP on RCA Victor LPM 3199, but it was $3 as was the
>> only copy I've ever seen of the 10-inch original issue of the Tom Lehrer
>> cover album by "Jack Eljan" on Rivoli R-4.  (I had the 12-inch version
>> when I was a kid before I got the legitimate albums that Lehrer himself
>> made, but this cover version is much rarer than the legit albums!)
>>
>> After entering a total of 13 items that he had priced at $3, we paid the
>> $160 after discount and he bagged just those 13 discs.  When I asked him
>> to bag the others we had also bought he then reached over to start to
>> ENTER A SECOND TIME the large pile that the other clerk with the Aussie
>> accent had already entered.  He couldn't see immediately that it made no
>> sense that his small $40 pile would add up to nearly $200.  I thought
>> Leah was going to scratch his eyes out when she grabbed back the pile
>> and said they were already entered.  He had to call over to the other
>> clerk for confirmation that the stuff that had been placed on a
>> different counter was already entered.  This guy acted like he was the
>> superior one in the store, and I wonder if he is the boss.  If he is
>> not, he needs to be talked to by the boss. And each item needs to be
>> priced or a price for a category of untagged items be posted.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>>