[78-L] Mercury Shakespeare Texts

[David Lennick]

And you never know when I'm going to decide to post mine over there (although 
after today's shlep to the US to send out eBay stuff, I'm seriously considering 
never doing it again..the highways and border crossings are getting 
ridiculously congested now that Canada is allowing folks to bring more stuff 
back duty free, and the Post Office seems to be operating with half its usual 
staff).

dl

On 7/31/2012 6:00 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> 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
>>
>> 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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