[78-L] RCA Victor humour

[Michael Biel]

Come to think of it, the LP covers are the 7-inch by 7-inch designs with
borders, aren't they?  The 78 set has the illustration in full size,
much like they did for the Eleanor Roosevelt Peter and the Wolf.  So
there were 45 sets also.

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 2:01 pm
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

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