[78-L] GBA 75th tonight

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I really regret that I couldn't catch either of these broadcasts.

How is this recording of GBA different from the Kste Smith show film  
clip that is circulating on facebook/YouTube recently?  It supposedly  
is the first performance of GBA

Sent from my iPod - which explainz the bad typjng

On Nov 10, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> Finishing up all the transfers needed for the God Bless America 75th
> Anniversary program tonight. Running off from videotape Kate Smith's
> final performance of her career "The Stars and Stripes Show" aired  
> June
> 30, 1976. Am rather conflicted because the program now has one of my
> all-time favorite compositions "Ballad For Americans", but replacing  
> the
> great Paul Robeson is the accursed Anita Bryant. UGH. Better not think
> about it.
>
> Seth Winner was working till 2 AM this morning restoring the first
> broadcast, Nov 10, 1938 from the disc in Irving Berlin's personal
> collection using as a template a short excerpt of the original that
> Berlin's copy was dubbed from.
>
> tonight at 10:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, www.YesterdayUSA.com  both
> Red and Blue feeds; repeated Monday 9:30 AM Blue feed.  Many 78s and
> broadcast recordings will be heard.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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