Re: [ARSCLIST] Collector descriptions. The CD collector

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Z Snyder wrote:

> Robert Hodge wrote:
> >
> > One of the Robert Crumb records is recorded at 78 rpm , on 12
> > inch  red vinyl , using a 1.5 mil groove. Stereo, of course.
> > It's " Robert Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders". They
> > play: " My Girls Pussy" - VERY double entendre , but still in
> > good taste with 1920's lyrics,  and "Christopher Columbus" in
> > a very hot dance arrangement.
> >
> >
> > They also recorded a 10 inch disc, several years before, but
> > I don't have that one.
>
> I do! It's "River Blues" (side A: String Band with Singing) and "Wisconsin
> Wiggles" (side B: String Band with Musical Saw, with (it sez here)
>
> R. Crumb and his Keep-on-Truckin' Orchestra. The label is "Ordinary Record",
> with the motto "A High Standard of Standardness". The label also says "KRUPP
> / RECORDING LABORATORY / MILWAUKEE / WISCONSIN", whereas the paper sleeve,
> with Crumb artwork in the style of typical early 30s sleeves, says "MADE BY
> / KRUPP COMIC WORKS / P.O. BOX 5699 MILWAUKEE 53211, WIS. / U.S.A."
>
> It's a 10-inch black vinyl 78, with (it appears to be) 1.5-mil grooves and a
> 33.3 rpm - size label.
>
> It's one of those collectors' items which I was lucky enough to come across
> when it was first published. Unfortunately I completely missed "My Girl's
> Pussy" when it made its brief appearance, and I hope that a decent copy will
> eventually appear in some sort of non-compressed digital format. (An mp3 has
> been making the rounds for a few years, but the quality isn't good and it
> has a groove skip.)
>
> Aaron Z

For what it's worth, I DO have a good tape transfer of MGP (b/w Christopher
Columbus) that I made in the early 80s, the Edmonton Public Library actually
having a copy of that disc in circulation. Surprised Dr Demento hasn't reissued

it..how about it, Barry? Along with the other Crumb items. (Wisconsin
Wiggles/River Blues came to me a couple of years ago when one of the
participants found some new copies and offered them at about $15 each.)

dl