[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 124, Issue 8

Thu Jan 17 16:48:57 PST 2019

I suspect reading a posing on Jerry Irby gave me hope. However, he's been
gone a long while.

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>    1. Re:  of eBay and things (Jonathan Smith)
>    2. Re:  Jerry Irby, Western Swing performer is 101
>       (kil at roadrunner.com.invalid)
>    3. Re:  Jerry Irby, Western Swing performer is 101 (Donna Halper)
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:21:06 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Jonathan Smith <guyotsmith at aol.com.invalid>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] of eBay and things
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> It is so true that amateurs selling on eBay can give the entire enterprise
> a bad name. I'll never forget the horror of receiving a 78 I never saw
> before (and have never seen since) arrive broken in two, packed by someone
> who obviously had no idea as to what a 78 is. When the seller uses the word
> "vinyl" to describe most 78s, it's often a warning to beware.
>
> As for the YouTube, I am generally disillusioned with folks who post 78s
> there. In my experience, many of these individuals enjoy posting but do not
> respond to even the most urgent pleas for information about their postings.
> As most people who know me are aware, the number one item on my
> long-standing want-list is Grey Gull/Radiex 2527 (presumably also Van Dyke
> 82527). I have never seen it and know of no one who has. Meanwhile, two
> different YouTube users posted a Bellbird issue of that recording, from
> Australia. I literally begged both of them, repeatedly, to simply give me
> the matrix number of that Bellbird 78. The response?? Silence. If they are
> too busy to respond to an urgent plea, how can they spare the time to post
> on YouTube?
>
> The search goes on. I should add that, if I ever find the Grey Gull 2527
> listed on eBay, I'll place a bid even if the seller doesn't know what a
> record is.
>
> Best wishes to all,? ? ? ? Jonathan
> In a message dated 1/15/2019 1:01:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> malcolm at 78data.com.invalid writes:
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> One of our members, many years ago, mentioned that he'd stopped goingto
> the eBay 78 listings because there were so many people listing thatdidn't
> know the difference between a 78 and an LP.This is still the case but I
> think I've figured out why.YouTube just picks up on the number 78 if it
> shows up in the header - thedescription of the record being listed - and
> then posts it wherever the number78 appears in "Records." Thus many of the
> LPs that show up in the 78 listingsdo so if the were released in 1978.Now
> that that's solved (?) how do we get rid of those mass posters thatoffer
> nothing on a single day but hundreds of 78s worth maybe 50 cents eachat
> best and are now offered for $5 each?Drives me nuts, but eBay is still a
> great reference tool for what we like! Icouple that with YouTube if i want
> to hear an item that catches my eye.Most of the time it can be found
> there.Malcolm R_______________________________________________78-L mailing
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> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:34:00 -0500
> From: kil at roadrunner.com.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jerry Irby, Western Swing performer is 101
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> Dennis,
> How sure are you that Jerry Irby is still alive?
> I know Google gives his age as 101, but all other sources I've found give
> a death date of December 2, 1983, including the Texas State Historical
> Association.  All three I've found may be drawing on the same
> misinformation....or....Google may be wrong.
> https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fir11
> RayK
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> > Jerry just turned 101. Good song by a man that belies his lyrics.
> > Good country song, and a long good life.
> > DF
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> From: Donna Halper <dlh at donnahalper.com.invalid>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jerry Irby, Western Swing performer is 101
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> A 2015 newspaper article about his career, that ran in the Houston Press
> said he died in 1983 in Gray Hawk, KY.
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> https://www.houstonpress.com/music/jerry-irbys-great-honky-tonk-disappearing-act-7643892
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