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Re: [ARSCLIST] Can you help with copies of The Record Changer mag?
Actually, I'm the "friend from California" who discovered the drawing. I'm doing research on Record Changer in relation to my work on the Jazz Man Record Shop and would be interested in finding these early copies as well.
Cary Ginell
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From: Steve Ramm <Stevramm@xxxxxxx>
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 1:52 pm
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Can you help with copies of The Record Changer mag?
I received the following message from Irwin Chusid who handles the Jim Flora
Archive of Flora's Lp Covers. I am not able to help him but I'm sure some of
you can.
You may contact him direct at: _Irwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:Irwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Steve Ramm
I am the archivist for the estate of the late artist JamesFlora, who
illustrated jazz and classical record covers for Columbia and RCAVictor in the
1940s and 1950s.
A friend in CA discovered a Columbia Records ad ("Blues by Basie," see
attached) in the JAN 1945 issue of RC, and that ad was obviously (to my
eyes, and confirmed by Gene) illustrated by Flora. Gene and Flora were
great friends and artistic influences on each other. I'm trying to determine
if any other ads illo'ed by Flora appeared in early issues of RC. Flora was
art director of Columbia from 1943 (after Alex Steinweiss, who hired him)
until 1945 (succeeded by Robert M. Jones). Any ads for Columbia, Okeh and
Masterworks (and no other label) which featured cartoonish illustrations
during these years are likely Flora. Do you have vintage issues from
pre-1946, and if so, can you determine if any ads by Flora appeared?
Thanks for any assistance in my research.
Regards
Irwin Chusid
201-653-1063
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