Re: [ARSCLIST] Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy:

I'm no database expert but I didn't get any luck. I tried Music Through the Night title and got 3 
records, two were duplicates of maybe the first show in 1952. No way to listen to any of it. 
Searched name Harry Fleetwood and keyword same and got no love.

LOC guys, anybody able to help with this?

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Lanset" <alanset@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954


Tom,

Most of the NBC radio material is at the Library of Congress.  You can search it on-line using their 
SONIC database.

Andy Lanset



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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954
This is a deep fishing expedition, but I figure if anyone can get me pointed where I need to go,
they might be on this list. Ideally, someone who knows if NBC Radio archives exist and if so, where
they might be ...

I'm looking for a broadcast from either 1953 or 1954. It is an episode of "Music Through the Night"
with Harry Fleetwood. Mr. Fleetwood did a series of interviews with heads of classical recording of
all the major record companies at that time, and one of those interviews was with my mother. Alas,
our tape of that interview is recorded over but for the last 5 minutes. Why/how -- who knows, but
the net result is, most of the recording is lost. In case anyone is interested, I do have the
complete interview with Israel Horowitz of Decca Records. In that interview, Fleetwood mentions that
he had already done RCA and London, so those interviews may exist, too.

I have a creeping doubt that systematic archiving of this program was done, but maybe something
special like these interviews were recorded and kept. Or, maybe someone knows an aircheck bug who
happened to be fascinated with the classical music business during the heyday of hifi and who was a
night owl. OK, it's a stretch but maybe I'll get lucky.

Thanks in advance!

-- Tom Fine