[78-L] John Carradine

[David Lennick]

Which reminds me, I need to find the second and third Charles Laughton lps on 
Tempo (speaking of solo readings and Don Juan In Hell).

Heritage looks like an entirely new company. The "formerly Audio Archives" 
appears on the back of the Carradine lp, and as I say, I've also seen it on AA 
(red vinyl).

dl

On 10/6/2013 6:32 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> A couple of articles from BILLBOARD, nothing
> about the album, so many have been recorded
> following the success of the club appearance.
> Anyone know how Audio Archive transitioned to
> Heritage ??? (for example, simply a label name
> change, or sold to a new company ?????)
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>
> Billboard Feb 2, 1952
> BARD FOR CLUB VIA CARRADINE
> NEW YORK, Jan 26 --
> John Carradine will take his
> long-hair readings into the
> Vanguard starting Februray
> 8. Carradine will be on the
> bill with Martha Kitt and a
> male comic.
>    The idea is based on the
> "Don Juan in Hell" gimmick,
> tho in Carradine's case he'll
> work as a single, doing
> Shakespeare and similar
> readings. He'll be in for four
> weeks with options, the lat-
> ter calling for successive in-
> creases in salary if the gim-
> mick does business.
>    Max Gordon, Vanguard's
> prop. said readings were not
> new to the room. When it
> was a Village hangout for
> intellectuals, many budding
> poets and writers gave read-
> ings. In those days, how-
> ever, the pay-off was a cup
> of cofee or a Coke. The pay-
> off today can rise to a $1000.
>
>
>
> Billboard Apr 12, 1952
> CAFES SEEKING LEGIT ACTORS
> NEW YORK, April 5 - The use
> of legit actors in cafes, which was
> started by Max Gordon at his
> Village with the booking of John
> Carradine some weeks ago, will
> continue, thereby opening a new
> market for legit actors in a field
> strange to them.
>    Canada Lee is due to follow
> Albert Dekker, who opened a
> week ago on a two-week basis.
> Lee will do extracts from shows
> he's been in, including "Othello"
> and "Native Son."  Following Lee
> it is possible that Basil Rathbone
> may come in tho so far the money
> is the chief obstacle.
>    In the meantime, however, Car-
> radine, who broke in his readings
> here for $500 a week, is working
> clubs out of town and getting
> $1250 and upwards.
>
>
>
>
> Billboard Apr 24, 1954
> ...The dour-faced John Carradine is now
> doing his readings at the Black
> Orchid, Chicago.
>
>
>
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Mark
> Bardenwerper
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] John Carradine
>
>
> On 10/5/2013 9:19 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>> 1953 was my guess since Heritage always had a 1953 copyright on its label
>> design, and this looked like its first release, having changed its name from
>> Audio Archives. Matrix numbers were no help since they were JC-1 and JC-2 (cut
>> by Peter Bartok).
>>
>>
> None of the scant information out here refutes this, even though it
> leaves one as uneasy as if we used the label date on any other disk.
>