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Topics of the day:
1. Spoken Arts records (8)
2. Folkways 78s
3. Crosley Radio (2)
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:58:50 -0400
From: Richard Warren <richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
Hi Tom,
With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
Best wishes, Richard
At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:22:36 -0400
From: Steve Weiss <smweiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Folkways 78s
:
From Library of Congress SONIC:
1 Folkways 1045 A (78A) *Title:* Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses,
chapter 2 ; Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses, chapter 2
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: Read by Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan in Sanskrit
2 Folkways 1436 (78A) *Title:* Ile-ile ; Tari piring sadang lawas /
Tumba lela-lelan
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: Dinjanikan Oleh: Ropaoen Batoebara; Orkest: Sinondang Sipirok
3 Folkways 01440 (78A) *Title:* 1. Pile pied'm (Ibo dance song). 2.
M'pas bwe m'pas mange (work song) ; 1. Ogoun Balindjo (invocation). 2.
Ezilie Wedo (invocation)
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: 1. Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau, Ti Yogan; 1. Chorus,
drums. 2. with mortar sounds
4 Folkways 01442 (78A) *Title:* 1. Mainin'm alle (Congo drum song).
2. Cote yo, cote yo (Mais dance song) ; 1. Crapeau Tingele (play song).
2. Balance ya ya (play song). 3 Trois fe (social criticism)
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: 1. Ti Yogan, Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau; 1. with
drums 2. with bamboo stampers and irons
5 Folkways 01443 (78A) *Title:* 1. Spirit conversation. 2. General
Brise (Quitta dance song) ; 1. Mayousse (carnival song) 2. Paulette
(romantic song)
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: 1. Cult priest at Leogane. 2. Lafrance Belvue, with chorus,
drums
6 Folkways 1201/1202 (78A) *Title:* Who built America: Auction block
; The boll weavil ; Chisholm trail ; Jesse James ; Who built America: Mi
chacra ; Schluf mine kind ; Salangadou ; Kleine Junges ; So long, been
good to know you
*Date:*
*Name(s)*: Bill Bonyun
Rob Poretti wrote:
I don't know if he's on this list but Pete Reineger at Smithsonian/Folkways
might be able
to help you here... I don't think he would mind if I shared his address for
this type of
query...
pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cheers!
Rob Poretti
Sascom - Toronto
vox.905.825.5373 fax.905.469.1129 cel.905.580.2467
www.sascom.com www.cube-tec.com
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Stern
Sent: April 18, 2007 7:11 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Folkways 78s
There were some very early Folkways 78rpm releases - Bill
Bonyun FOL 2,
Leadbelly Memorial FOL 4.
They also were released on LP, with FOLL prefix, later FP
prefix (before
the 60's renumbering).
If anyone knows which OTHER titles were actually released on 78, I'd
appreciate as much detail as you can provide,
and release dates if known. Does anyone have information indicating
when the 78 series was discontinued?
Please indicate if the information is from catalogs, and you have not
seen the actual disks.
Many Thanks!!!
Best wishes, Thomas.
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:38:03 -0400
From: Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
Hi, Richard,
For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you tell me
how all this evolved post-1982?
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Warren" <richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
Hi Tom,
With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
Best wishes, Richard
At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was once
Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:17:23 -0400
From: Richard Warren <richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
Hi Steve,
Spoken Arts was sold to an educational-market company by Arthur Luce
Klein, who later bought back the recordings that he'd made as Spoken
Arts (I can't give you dates for those events, sorry) and carried on
as World of Words (since he'd sold the company name, too). Effective
July 5, 2001 World of Words and Yale University agreed to establish
the Arthur and Luce Klein Spoken Arts Audio Collection in HSR, which
included nearly all the master tapes made for the Spoken Arts label
and various related paper materials. Preservation projects and
arrangements to make many of the recordings accessible are under way.
Please feel free to ask questions if that's not enough for your data base.
Best wishes, Richard
At 10:38 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote:
Hi, Richard,
For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
<richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
Hi Tom,
With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
Best wishes, Richard
At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:38:42 -0500
From: Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
A paid obit in the NYTimes contains the names of his children whom you
may be able to contact:
If you are able to obtain information concerning the current status of
the Spoke Arts recordings,
I would like to know. There are some worthy recordings in the catalog
which should be made available.
Best wishes, Thomas.
KLEIN, DR. ARTHUR LUCE
published: April 14, 1997
KLEIN-Dr. Arthur Luce, born March 31, 1916, to Joseph Klein and Jennie
Kallish, in Carbondale, PA, died of a heart attack on April 7, 1997, in
New Rochelle. Dr. Klein was an actor, director, and consumate raconteur.
He founded Spoken Arts Inc., the distinguished recording company which
was among the earliest ventures devoted to the preservation of the
voices of contemporary poets and novelists, as well as to literary and
educational recordings. Dr. Klein earned his bachelor's, master's, and
doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was a
captain in the Army Signal Corps during WWII. Among the beneficiaries of
Dr Klein's generous philanthropy were the Sound Shore Medical Center of
Westchester, the New Rochelle Boys' Club, and the police and fire
departments of New Rochelle, NY. He is survived by his wife Luce; his
children, Judith E. Klein of Manhattan, Florence Klein of Santa Barbara,
CA, Joel Klein of Baltimore, MD, and Rosine Klein of New Rochelle, NY;
seven grandchildren; and his sister Sylvia Meil of Scranton, PA.
Services were held at Temple Israel of New Rochelle on Thursday, April
10th. He was a unique personality who touched many with his creative
fire, his love, and his courageous insistence to always live to the
fullest despite obstacles life offers. We will miss him and we pray that
he finds peace and comfort with the Most High.
Steven Smolian wrote:
My "in perpetual progress" "Who Owns It" database gives Arthur Luce
Klein as the owner, at 59 Locust Av, New Rochelle, NY. Alas! This is
in 1972.
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
<tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:01:31 -0500
From: Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
recorded poetry which was drawn
from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
SA).
Thanks, Thomas.
Steven Smolian wrote:
Hi, Richard,
For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
<richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
Hi Tom,
With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
Best wishes, Richard
At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:37:19 -0400
From: Alex Kogan <alexjr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
Sorry to bother you, but it's been so long since I sent a message to the
entire list that I forgot how to do it. Would you remind me of how? Many
thanks.
Alex Kogan
Showcase Productions, Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
recorded poetry which was drawn
from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
SA).
Thanks, Thomas.
Steven Smolian wrote:
Hi, Richard,
For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you tell
me how all this evolved post-1982?
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
<richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
Hi Tom,
With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
Best wishes, Richard
At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:09:47 -0400
From: Alex Kogan <alexjr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
Since I got a copy of my previous message, it appears that the way to send a
message is to do it as a reply, so here goes:
Dear ARCLIST members,
At the suggestion of Jane Klain, at the Museum of Television and Radio, I am
asking all of you for help in locating kinescope materials for the following
important live dramatic anthology programs which were packaged and produced
by our company, Showcase Productions, Inc., for NBC's Producers' Showcase
series. (The full story is at www.showcaseproductions.com) NBC recognizes
us as the copyright owner, and has signed a number of access agreements to
materials for these programs. While we have whatever ownership rights NBC
had, our interest is in getting access so that we can work our kinescope
digital mastering and restoration magic; we will return both the materials
and a first-rate digital clone of our master. If any of you have any
concerns about our rights, rest assured that you can check with NBC, the
MT&R, and (we hope, if they didn't lose the paperwork I sent them) the LOC,
and that we will furnish copies of the documents to you. The missing
programs,all from the Producers' Showcase series, are
I. PROGRAMS WITH PARTIAL MATERIALS
1. "ROSALINDA" (7/23/56) - Edwin Lester Los Angeles-San Francisco Light
Opera Association, produced by Edwin Lester, directed by Bob Banner, music
by Johnann Strauss (Fledermaus), written by Sid Kuller, from the Max
Reinhardt-Erich Korngold version of "Die Fledermaus), book by Gottfried
Reinhardt and John Mechan Jr., lyrics by Paul Kerby and Sid Kuller,
choreography by Todd Bolender, design by Oliver Smith, with Cyril Ritchard,
Jean Fenn, Sig Arno, Wiere Brothers, Lois Hunt, Robert Wright, Thomas
Hayward, Ralph Dumke. We hve the mag track but no video.
II. NO MATERIALS YET LOCATED
2. "REUNION IN VIENNA" (4/4/55) - 1931 smash hit Broadway play by Robert E.
Sherwood, adapted for television by David Shaw, produced by Fred Coe, Guest
Producer Jean Dalrylmple, directed by Vincent Donehue, Associate Director
Dominick Dunne, sets by Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Guy Kent; story of
banished Austrian archduke who returns to Vienna for reunion of the old
nobility and reunites with his former love, now married to a psychoanalyst;
stars Greer Garson, Brian Aherne, Peter Lorre, Cathleen Nesbitt, Lili
Darvis, Herbert Berghof, George Voskovec, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Flemyng,
Tamara Daykarhanova, and Gene Saks in a bit part as a waiter
3. "THE KING AND MRS. CANDLE" (4/22/55) - musical play based on Sumner Locke
Elliott's original television play originally presented on Philco Television
Playhouse on 4/18/54, produced by Fred Coe, directed by Arthur Penn, written
by Sumner Locke Elliott, dances choreographed by Tony Charmoli, music by
Moose Charlap, lyrics by Chuck Sweeny; two songs (Young Ideas, What is the
Secret of Your Success? recorded by RCA; deposed king of Brandovia, whose
inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by
neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earns a
living as a dancing instructor, pursued by his former royal fiancee w