[78-L] History Defectives redux

[Philip Carli]

The visible shot reads:

AMERICAN RECORD SHOP/130 Virginia Ave./All K.K.K. Records IND'PLS
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of Malcolm Rockwell [malcolm at 78data.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:49 PM
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Subject: [78-L] History Defectives redux

Okay, I finally saw the show and my reaction was "eh".
At least the KKK segment was not fraught with errors and, when it came
to the Gennett research they talked to at least one of the right people
(and the ever helpful folks at the Indiana Historical Society). However
standing inside a huge empty building in Richmond and saying "they
recorded right here" is a bit of a stretch. An outside shot by the river
and a map detail showing the studio location and the rail sidetrack
right next to it would have been a bit better.
The rest of the article was sensationalized gabble centered around KKK
pictures and history we've all seen elsewhere. Seems they were going for
what's recognizable by the general public (KKK, Armstrong) as opposed to
any real depth of field in researching the actual record.
My ears did perk uo when they identified the 100% Americans - Male
Quartette (from the labels) as being The Logansport Male Quartet. This I
didn't know.
And, somebody along this thread brought up that the KKK material was but
a minimal detail in Starr's overall recorded output and not to be taken
as indicative of what their labels did or represented, musically. I
agree with this. Makes me wonder if History Detectives was tracking one
of Alexander Maloof's Syrian recordings whether most of the segment
would have been about middle-east politics. Maloof was far more
profitable and less embarassing to Starr Piano than the KKK!
Malcolm

PS - Did anyone record the show? If so I need the name and address - as
written - for the American Record (Store?) in Indianapolis that was
printed on the sleeve they showed. Thanx, M
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