[78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts

[David Lennick]

Mercury Text Records, with gold labels, and the first 3 were in Columbia's C- 
album series before that became red label pop albums starting at C-11. (Macbeth 
was C33. I don't know if it had gold labels originally..later, they were all 
blue Masterworks.)

dl

On 7/31/2012 5:45 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> Thanks for the info David. Didn't know they were reissued on Pearl as CD's. I'd rather find the 78 sets though.
>
> Did the 78 labels just say Mercury Records at the top or did they say Mercury Text Records instead? I really don't remember....
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts
>>
>> Julius Caesar was reissued on lp..in fact it can be seen on an episode of a
>> famous television comedy. Hint: Welles is on the program. All of the Welles
>> Mercury albums plus the Julius Caesar Highlights (plus some other abbreviated
>> productions with Maurice Evans) were done on Pearl in the 90s.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 7/31/2012 5:21 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>>> My Deer Park (Texas) high school library had 78 rpm versions of Macbeth&   Julius Ceasar that I was able to borrow in my junior or senior year while I attended there. I don't remember them having many (or any other) 78's besides these 2 sets. Should have recorded them to cassette but I didn't think of that at the time. Just played them once or twice then gave them back to the school library. There were no booklets with them at the time I had borrowed them.
>>>
>>> Were they ever reissued in 33 rpm format? If so then I've never seen them that way. Just the 78's.....
>>>
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>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Scott<scott at mosaicrecords.com>
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:33 PM
>>>> Subject: [78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts
>>>>
>>>> Hi David
>>>>
>>>> I had 3 Mercury Theatre albums recently that I parted with: one was
>>>> "Macbeth" which did not contain a booklet nor a pocket.
>>>>
>>>> In conversation with Mike Biel (who bought my other two Mercury Theater
>>>> albums at the Bash) he agreed with me that these were later pressings...but
>>>> I would think there would still be a text enclosed.
>>>>
>>>> "Julius Ceasar" did have a booklet
>>>> "Twelfth Night" did not have a booklet
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Scott Wenzel
>>>> /////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>>>
>>>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>> Subject: [78-L]  Mercury Shakespeare Texts again
>>>> To: 78L<78-L at 78online.com>
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>>>>
>>>> Repeating the question.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have the text that came with the Orson Welles MERCHANT OF VENICE
>>>>
>>>> album? I have only a photocopy of the teacher's notes.
>>>>
>>>> And was there a text provided with MACBETH?  My late 40s pressing doesn't
>>>> have
>>>> a pocket for one, although the late issue of Julius Caesar included the
>>>> book.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>>
>>>>
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