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Topics of the day:
1. Calypso: Akee Market
2. Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954 (3)
3. ARSC Awards 2006
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:58:13 +0100
From: George Brock-Nannestad <pattac@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Calypso: Akee Market
From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
Jacqueline von Arb wrote:
Hi Thomas,
I sent your request to the IASA "Caribbean Network", and thanks to
Elizabeth Watson from the West Indies University Library in Barbados,
here's what came up:
Your song is called Linstead Market, and it's traditional.
On the following link, you can find a CD with the song (you can also buy
the track on iTunes), the lyrics... even the chords:
http://www.danzanes.com/familydance/song_market.shtml
For more information, do contact her directly: ewatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- I suspect that you will be able to get more background and a version by
means of the Bear Family set I have mentioned before that is only just now
available.
Kind regards,
George
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
Date: 11/09/2006 05:40PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Calypso: Akee Market
need information about a song from the West Indies:
is it a known song/floating verse ? - is there a common title,
composer/traditional, recordings and printed sources???
subject matter from a recorded fragment is:
Akee fruit is brought to market but does not sell, therefore unable
to purchase oil for the lamp, nor food.
Thanks muchly!!!Best wishes, Thomas.
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:28:36 -0500
From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:57:46 -0500
From: Andy Lanset <alanset@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 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
-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on behalf of Tom =
Fine
Sent: Sat 11/11/2006 6:28 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:=09
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,=20
they might be on this list. Ideally, someone who knows if NBC Radio =
archives exist and if so, where=20
they might be ...
I'm looking for a broadcast from either 1953 or 1954. It is an episode =
of "Music Through the Night"=20
with Harry Fleetwood. Mr. Fleetwood did a series of interviews with =
heads of classical recording of=20
all the major record companies at that time, and one of those interviews =
was with my mother. Alas,=20
our tape of that interview is recorded over but for the last 5 minutes. =
Why/how -- who knows, but=20
the net result is, most of the recording is lost. In case anyone is =
interested, I do have the=20
complete interview with Israel Horowitz of Decca Records. In that =
interview, Fleetwood mentions that=20
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=20
special like these interviews were recorded and kept. Or, maybe someone =
knows an aircheck bug who=20
happened to be fascinated with the classical music business during the =
heyday of hifi and who was a=20
night owl. OK, it's a stretch but maybe I'll get lucky.
Thanks in advance!
-- Tom Fine
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:16:08 -0500
From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954
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>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on behalf of Tom Fine
Sent: Sat 11/11/2006 6:28 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
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
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:02:54 -0500
From: Bill Klinger <klinger@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ARSC Awards 2006
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--2006 ARSC AWARDS--
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winners of the 2006 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound
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While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick
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King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, by Ray
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documenting the first 50 years of recorded music.
Koenigsberg was the founder, editor, and publisher of The Antique Phonograph
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on subjects as varied as the 1889 introduction of the phonograph into
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Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges
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Robert Iannapollo (Awards Committee Co-Chair)
Roberta Freund-Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair)
Brenda Nelson-Strauss (now ARSC Past-President)
Jim Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal)
David Hamilton (Classical Music Judge)
Kip Lornell (Judge-At-Large)
Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge)
William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge)
Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large)
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