[78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

Thanks again for this info. It will help if I ever decide to search out some of the sets on Ebay one day in the future.



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>From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts
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>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.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> 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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