[78-L] John Barrymore on Victor

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The string quartet only plays before Barrymore begins to speak. The RCA 60 YEARS set simply lops off the musical intro. 

Dave Weiner


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>From: Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>
>Sent: Jul 4, 2017 8:00 PM
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>Subject: [78-L] John Barrymore on Victor
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>Is the list awake this fine American holiday evening?
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>Way back in 2011 Steve Ramm of The 78-List offered some cassette/book sets
>about Philadelphia which some other folks produced using vintage records
>from Berliner to Palda, and I got one of the sets.   It includes John
>Barrymore reciting Hamlet's Soliloquy.  Nice transfer from a 78, and it
>includes a string quartet background, just like the DAHR shows -
>http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017807/CVE-43632-Haml
>ets_soliloquy
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>It also shows up on 60 Years of Music America Loves Best - Vol III - Red
>Seal LM-2574, which I have had since it was new in 1961.  Also shows on DAHR
>page as the same master.  The 60 Years disc has NO string quartet.  Anybody
>know why and how that could be?  DAHR makes it look like it was all one
>recording, but kinda seems the strings may have been dubbed in behind him.
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>Anybody know?? 
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>Rodger
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>For best results use Victor Needles
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