[78-L] Flojay meets Hoffnung

[David Lennick]

Definitely Hoffnung with signature, but since he died in 1959, this was 
obviously taken from one of his collections and licensed. The RCA lp came out 
in the US in the early 60s and this looks like a 70s reissue.

dl

On 8/10/2012 5:03 PM, Mike Harkin wrote:
> Is the cover signed?  It looks to my unpracticed, non-professional eye like
> somebody trying to _look_ like Hoffnung, but without his touch for the
> bizarre and lunatic.  If I'm wrong -- which wouldn't surprise me -- I wonder
> if he listened to it and what he thought of it.
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
> --- On Fri, 8/10/12, djwein<djwein at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>
>> From: djwein<djwein at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Flojay meets Hoffnung
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>, "'78L'"<78-L at 78online.com>
>> Date: Friday, August 10, 2012, 7:22 PM
>> I've had this version for years but
>> never looked closely enough to realize
>> that Hoffnung did the cover - well, slap me down!
>>
>> Dave Weiner
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]
>> On Behalf Of David Lennick
>> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 11:35 AM
>> To: 78L
>> Subject: [78-L] Flojay meets Hoffnung
>>
>> I've seen all sorts of versions of the Florence Foster
>> Jenkins compilation,
>> but
>> never one with artwork by Gerard Hoffnung!
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLORENCE-FOSTER-JENKINS-the-unbelievable-glory-of-th
>> e-human-voice-LP-PS-EX-EX-/290756949900
>>
>> dl
>>
>> _______________________________________________