Re: [ARSCLIST] Sony Casstte Tapes

["Marie Azile O'Connell" <marie.oconnell@xxxxxxx>]

lol......yes same story, Act 2, Scene 4!

book! book! book!

Cheers
Marie



Quoting David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Marie Azile O'Connell wrote:
> 
> > I was told yesterday by a fellow paper archivist, that her father worked
> for
> > Sony up until about 10 years ago.  She assured me that her Father has
> often
> > told the story of when they, Sony, ran out of tape stock.  Apparantly,
> they
> > would buy up great lots of Radio Shack tape and re-house it into Sony
> cases.
> > An interesting twist, if true.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Marie
> 
> Lenny Bruce told the story of working on a farm as a kid, where they sold
> the
> eggs laid by the hens..when they didn't have enough, Lenny would be deputized
> to
> go to the market and buy store-boughten ones which they'd then put in their
> own
> containers, after first making sure to rub them in chicken guano. The
> customers
> always raved about how fresh the eggs were.
> 
> Oh wait a minute, that's the same story.
> 
> dl
> 


Marie O'Connell
Sound Archivist/Sound Engineer/Sound Consultant
Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage
University of Southern Mississippi
Phone: 601-266-6514
Mobile: 601-329-6911