[78-L] Three Questions

[Cary Ginell]

1. The trunk of a car is known as a “boot” in Britain.

2. The Ray Charles record may have been “Mess Around,” one of my all-time favorite rockin’ 78s.

 
Cary

> On Mar 6, 2020, at 3:04 AM, kil at roadrunner.com.invalid wrote:
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> 	THREE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN KEEPING ME AWAKE THAT MIGHT BE EASILY
> ANSWERED BY SOMEONE WITH A GOOD MEMORY. 
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> 	Back when Julian Vein was regularly posting to the list, he often
> mentioned weekend auto trips he would take on summer weekends to
> automobile record sales around the English countryside. Participants
> would sell 78s, (and probably other speeds, as well), from their car
> trunks. I’m trying to remember what these weekend record fairs were
> called. I seem to recall it had something to do with the British term
> for car trunk. Not bonnet...that would be the front of the car. These
> sales were definitely from the trunk in the rear. 
> 
> 	The second question is on Ray Charles. When I first joined the list,
> I came in at the tail-end of a thread on Ray Charles on 78. One of his
> purportedly outstanding early 78s was mentioned that I had never heard
> of. So it wasn’t WHAT’D I SAY or I’VE GOT A WOMAN. It may have
> been on early Atlantic, Swing Time or another small label.  
> 
> 	A more general question... 
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> 	Is there a way to search the 78-L archive with a "key" word? 
> 
> 	I thought there was, but I can’t find a place to enter the "key"
> word. 
> 
> 	Thanks for any help. 
> 
> 	RayK
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