This story originated with the Associated Press and spread over last weekend to many websites. If anyone sees copies of the story IN PRINT, I would appreciate a hard copy of the paper.
Other stories on the collection (which is being moved today (Tuesday) and tomorrow--I hope to be there for several hours in NYC mid-day on Wednesday) include:
NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/arts/02arts-SYRACUSEUNIV_BRF.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Syracuse Post Standard:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/su_receives_records_worth_1_mi.html
NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/03/2008-07-03_syracuse_university_to_get_records_revis.html
It's nice to know dad's legacy lives on.
Eli Savada Bethesda MD
On Jul 8, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Dave Nolan wrote:
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx/?news=321680>1=28102
Huge trove of 78 rpm records donated to Syracuse U
July 5, 2008, 3:55 AM EST
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A vast collection of 78 rpm records — valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history — is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner.
The more than 200,000 records represented the entire inventory of "Records
Revisited," a landmark Manhattan store owned by Morton Savada, who died in
February from lung cancer at age 85.
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