[78-L] Boston Public Library's 78 collection - Private Canadian Pressing by Victor?

[DKing]

Hello David,

I’m not sure what you mean by your expression "private Canadian pressing (by Victor)”.

Was that something made in-house at Victor and not intended for commercial distribution?  And did that kind of thing happen very often?

- Dave King


> On Jun 14, 2020, at 7:27 AM, David Lennick <dplennick at yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> Sarcasm seems to go over many people's heads..Victor in Canada had no problem with any part of Stately Homes or its Canadian coupling, Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun. Don't Let's Be Beastly circulated on a private Canadian pressing (by Victor) and turned up in radio station libraries, and the song wasn't censored when Noel sang it on a Treasury Star Parade program.
> 
> dl
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "RODMANLEWIS ." <julianvein at gmail.com.invalid>
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> Date: June 14, 2020 at 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Boston Public Library's 78 collection
> 
> 
> Did the BBC have any problem with Coward's "Stately Homes of England", with
> its reference to "lavatory" in 1938?
> 
> Julian Vein
> 
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 6:07 AM DKing <ginku_ledovec at att.net.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Donna,
>> 
>> At least the BBC would have banned it during the middle of the war
>> and not at the end, when the full horrors of Nazi atrocities were finally
>> revealed to the general public.
>> 
>> I suppose something similar could be said for recordings made in the
>> 20th century that took a certain attitude towards women, that would
>> be considered unacceptable now.
>> 
>> - Dave King
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 13, 2020, at 7:49 AM, Donna Halper <dlh at donnahalper.com.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6/13/2020 4:36 AM, DKing wrote:
>>>> Hello Donna,
>>>> 
>>>> [ in that Boston Public Library collection of 78s ]
>>>> 
>>>> Do you think the English-speaking Allies would have found Noel Coward’s
>>>> rendition of "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans” (1943) very funny?.
>>> 
>> 
>>> I think a lot of what passed for humor back then has not aged well. I
>>> also note that some of the comedians who did so-called "ethnic humor"
>>> would be considered bigoted today. But I don't see much analysis back
>>> then of what certain lyrics meant, although one would hope that folks
>>> realized Noel Coward was being satirical. Evidently, the BBC was not
>>> amused, however, and banned the song.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Donna L. Halper, PhD
>>> Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
>>> Lesley University, Cambridge MA
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