[78-L] RCA Victor humour

[David Lennick]

What, no 45s?

dl

On 10/29/2013 1:58 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> The Quick and the Dead also appeared on two RCA Victor 78 rpm sets.  I
> have one on 78s and the other on LP.  I also have lacquers of the
> original broadcasts.  These were about the development of atom bomb.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA Victor humour
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Date: Tue, October 29, 2013 11:32 am
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>
> To connect these two disparate subjects, Bob Hope did appear on Victor
> Records,
> but not as a comedian...he narrates The Quick And The Dead (radio
> documentary
> issued on 2 lps, of which I've found only 1 as well as a partial 78 set)
> and
> sings on the Seven Little Foys soundtrack. His Capitol 78 set "I Never
> Left
> Home" seems to turn up frequently and the routines are topical, funny in
>
> context. Likewise a rare 12-inch set of routines recorded while on tour
> in Alaska.
>
> dl
>