[78-L] Salvation and record plug

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 24 07:07:37 PST 2013


And there's this mention just after 1.35 of a Victor Talking Machine in
this early Burt Shepard record:
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200002939/B-1646-A_talk_on_trousers



On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 2:02 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> And Satchmo in "You Rascal, You" mentions a Victrola as well, in a double
> entendre. But Rev. Gates specifically says OKeh on an OKeh record. I
> haven't
> reached his Victors yet so I don't know if he'll do the same sermon over
> there.
>
> Gracie Fields referred to the price of her new records on an early one she
> made
> for Rex, one that had to be awkwardly edited when reissued and the price no
> longer applied. Can't remember if she mentioned Rex (Here, Rex!).
>
> dl
>
> On 11/24/2013 1:46 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> >   I know this isn't what you're looking for but in "Get out those Old
> Records" they sing about "the old wind-up Victrola".
> >
> > db
> >
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, November 23, 2013 11:41:17 PM, David Lennick<
> dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
> >
> > Rev. J. M. Gates on OKeh 8508 "Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus?"
> advises
> >> one and all not to plan on buying a player piano but to get a
> phonograph and an
> >> OKeh record of "Amazing Grace". Anyone ever run across a record that
> isn't a
> >> promo or demo where the performer plugs the label?
> >>
> >> (I have now heard Rev. Gates do Amazing Grace about 17 times so I think
> I've
> >> racked up enough salvation for a while.)
> >>
> >> dl
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