[78-L] Three Questions

[DKing]

Julian, what are “Boot Sales” ??

Dave King
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> On Mar 6, 2020, at 3:08 AM, Rodger J. Holtin <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
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> Julian used to go to Boot Sales 
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> Rodger Holtin
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>> On Mar 6, 2020, at 5:04 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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