[78-L] History Defectives redux

[Ron L'Herault]

Looks like 130 Virginia  Ave. is a parking garage now.

Also, notable to me, as a phonograph collector, they said that the record
did not sound good on the Brunswick machine the woman owned.  She probably
didn't have the reproducer set up correctly, and who knows if she had new
needles.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:55 PM
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Subject: [78-L] History Defectives redux


First off, I appreciate Donna Halper's input on the situation with the
History Detectives. It is reasoned and makessense. However, I just saw the
segment finally, and I am pretty furious with it. I could've anything they
wanted toknow about "The Bright Fiery Cross," which is a Rodeheaver
copyright from 1912, not 1905. The Klan did not "steal" Bennard's music.
Bennard was himself a Klan sympathizer and the song was written to serve
double duty;it is also not a 'spiritual'. By virtue of controlling "The Old
Rugged Cross," which made him millions, Rody later discovered that he was
also responsible for "The Bright Fiery Cross" which was not part of the
original plan. Thefirst edition of the latter bears a Rodeheaver Co.
imprint, whereas subsequent ones do not -- Rodeheaver was ultimately able to
discover how to divest himself of "The Bright Fiery Cross" and to keep "The
Old Rugged Cross"even though the musical arrangement was the same. "We can
only speculate as to Ezra Wickemeyer  's motivation..." Really? I don't need
to; it's called 'picking up a paycheck.' He was an engineer, and for the
most part he didn't decide what he was going to record, though inthe Klan
records he may have had some voice, as he was a member. It is known that
Starr was anxious to endthe Klan recording program, which they did. The
whole story arc whereby the beauty of King Oliver's work livesto transcend
the noxious Klan records was ridiculous. King Oliver's records were
important mass market items forGennett that have been traded and valued by
collectors since they were made. KKK records were not availableanywhere you
could buy a phonograph; they were sold in certain stores and through mail
order, and they evenshowed an ad that illustrates that clearly, but they
didn't interpret the data correctly. Mal the address you wanted is: American
Record Shop130 Virginia Ave.All K.K.K. Records IND'PLS It was hard to still
frame that, as the guy stuck his finger into the shot and it was
  only readable for a second or so!  And it's funny that you mentioned
Maloof; I thought of him also. His records are unquestionably historic,
extremelyscarce, of great interest and constitute one of Gennett's coolest
product lines. But they are not so interesting, I guess, as this is supposed
to be.    

Uncle Dave Lewis
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