Re: [ARSCLIST] 101 strings collection up for grabs LA area

[stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

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> Amazing, isn't it? Not only did Obie steal European recordings (in
addition to
> occasionally obtaining one or two by legitimate means and crediting the
> artists, such as Marian Anderson and the Quintette of the Hot Tub of
France),
> he also seized opportunities wherever he found them. When rubber was in
short
> supply during the war, Firestone stores found themselves without their
main
> product (tires) so Oberstein launched a line of records they could sell,
on the
> Philharmonic label. You'll find Mengelberg's Tchaikovsky 6th in there,
along
> with other purloined performances which also turn up on his Music
Appreciation
> label (where I've also found a couple of Jules Bledsoe sides, uncredited,
and
> not listed in Rust). Crazy business. And of course the anonymous Varsity
sides
> were eventually transferred to LP, so 1950 music lovers could purchase
> Mengelberg's 1812 Overture legitimately reissued on Mercury or save a
couple of
> bucks and (unknowingly) get the same performance on Varsity, probably by
the
> "Rome Opera Orchestra" or some such.
>
Well, a couple of years ago or so I picked up a bunch of
"red seal" 12" Royales and Montgomery Ward (Royale-derived)
records...all of them issued under orchestral names that
I'm fairly sure never existed as such! Sadly, "The American
Classical Discography" has yet to appear, so I'll probably
never know what obscure European artists I'm hearing...

...stevenc
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