[78-L] 78s - on hold!

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

I've been to the Papadeux's restaurant in the Dallas airport (DFW) 
terminal A, near gate 24 or so. Sometimes they play 20s-30s tunes from 
sat radio. Other times Cajun.

joe salerno

On 1/10/2013 5:06 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I still recall the night some ten years ago when I was in an expensive
> seafood restaurant in downtown Seattle and listening to the Muzak...which
> was all standard 40s records of swing and pop stuff,  only slightly less
> well-known than In The Mood or Sing,  Sing,  Sing.
>
> Imagine my surprise when I realize that they are playing the 1932 record of
> Ah!  But I've Learned...an ARC side by Gene Kardos with a Chick Bullock
> vocal.
>
> I'm sure my reaction was much like Rodger's when he got put on hold by the
> grocer.
>
> Of course no one else in my party was particularly interested,  or
> understood how cool in was,  but I still was delighted myself!
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> To: "78-List" <78-l at 78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:53 PM
> Subject: [78-L] 78s - on hold!
>
>
> We placed an order for a special item from the local Kroger grocery and
> yesterday I got a call back from the corporate headquarters office that
> handles special order stuff. In the course of the conversation she put me on
> hold to verify some information about the item.
>
> Imagine my delight when I heard some acoustic classic coming over the phone.
> Took me a moment to be sure it was real, but sure enough, it was some early
> 20s dance band, perhaps the Virginians or somebody like them. Too bad I
> didn't recognize the tune or the specific record. Alas, the young lady came
> back on the line, but I got a good two minutes of it, no hot solos but
> certainly that jazz era enthusiasm. She had no idea who in corporate may
> have been responsible, but I certainly appreciated hearing something the
> average American would never get to hear. Of course that's a privilege I
> enjoy every day, but nice to hear it on the phone!
>
> If only I could get my out of office e-mail set to send mp3s of
> Coon-Sanders.
>
> Rodger
>
> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>
> .
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-- 
Joe Salerno