[78-L] Kids' record?

[David Lennick]

All 4 of the sides are in the Bear Family SONGS FOR POLITICAL ACTION box set, 
along with repros of 2 of the pictures. See Disc 9 and page 180. Apparently 
their copies were difficult to play as well, probably worse than Dave's..they 
say they had to bathe one of them and then re-shape it to get it to roundness. 
(By the way, speaking of rare stuff, I have an original catalog/order form for 
the original 3 Timely "New Singers" records. No idea where it came from, but 
it's safely tucked in the Bear Family book.)

dl

On 6/8/2012 3:35 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> There is a picture of the ROBESON side here: http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hymn-Ive-Got-Ballot/dp/B005STK0LC
>
> I would like to see the LORING SIDE as well.
>
> David - if you have a number of these oddities by Robeson, or the Wallace
> campaign (1948) perhaps there is
> enough interest to make a CD available ?????  Thanks!
>
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 2:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kids' record?
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>
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> You definitely don't want to let any liquid get inside the core, but if you
>> applied a small amount of the Monks mix with a j-cloth and stayed well away
>> from the edge, you might be safe and could use the Monks vacuum to dry it. Oh,
>> don't answer the door, it might be the John Birch Society.   dl
>
> ... or the minions of Walker crossing the border from Wisconsin.  We
> knew of the lefty leanings of Young Peoples Records/Children's Record
> Guild, but I am not sure we knew anything like this about Record Guild
> Of America!  Didn't they later make their records out of red plastic?!
>
> I'm not sure you would want to use the Monk's vacuum mode either because
> it might pull up the plastic up from the paper which might ruin the
> image.
>
> Gosh, I wish you would give us the numbers of the records you describe,
> since you have the disc right there in front of you.  And off-list
> photos would be nice!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> On 6/8/2012 1:01 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>>> I have an interesting disc; it's a 7 inch cardboard record, looks exactly like a children's record from the '40s but the
> material certainly doesn't look like kids' fare. One side is "Battle Hymn of '48" sung by Paul Robeson, the lyrics are printed on
> the record and it's obviously a paraphrase of "Battle Hymn of the Republic". The other side is "I've got a ballot", with a
> subtitle "There's Magic in that Ballot" and the picture is a cartoon of a crowd of angry people lined up beside a sign that says
> "To Voting Booths". This is performed by Mike Loring. Both sides are copyright People's Songs, Inc. Finally there's a note saying,
> "Mfd. by Record Guild of America, Inc. Brooklyn N.Y.", which, I believe, is the company which made all those children's records in
> the '40s.
>>>
>>> This record looks to be in good condition but it is quite dirty. The playing surface is in tact without any splits or ridges
> and there's no warping. I would like to clean it but I don't think my Keith Monks machine is the tool for the job. Does anyone
> have any ideas about cleaning these records?
>>>
>>> Thanks!   db
>
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