Re: [ARSCLIST] Bartok booklet

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> http://www.bartokbela.com/home.htm I guess they finally sold out of the vinyl,they were offering a few years back.
>
>                                      Roger

Says differently here (and in a recent article in Classic Record Collector):

"Many "Long Playing" phonograph records, produced in the years 1949 through 
1969, are also available"

dl

> Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just FYI, for the files of obscure knowledge ...
>
> Peter Bartok was the recording and mastering engineer for most of the early Caedmon records, 
> including the famous series of Dylan Thomas readings. Three of my personal favorites, all of which I 
> think were made by Bartok, are Faulkner, Tennessee Williams and Eudora Welty reading their works. I 
> think all three were reissued by Caedmon's current owner, HarperCollins.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Richter" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Bartok booklet
>
>
> > David Lennick wrote:
> > > I just came across Bartok 310/11, Bluebeard's Castle, mint condition (it was in a collection I 
> > > picked up a few years ago). No notes, but there's a postcard inside.,.with 2 cents prepaid..that 
> > > says "The purchase of this record album entitles you to a free copy of a book containing the full 
> > > English translation, Hungarian libretto, and other information regarding this work. Please fill 
> > > in the information below, and the book, now in preparation, will be mailed to you in February, 
> > > 1955. Thank you."
> > >
> > > Wonder if Peter Bartok still has copies of the booklet lying around? (In Florida these days, not 
> > > at 135 Central Park West, New York 23.)
> > I encountered a similar offer years ago and slipped the postcard and a note into the offerer at a 
> > current address. Eventually, I received a courteous response: no booklet, but an appreciative 
> > note.
> >
> > I should try it again with some of the libretto offers from prerecorded tapes where I already had 
> > the libretto from the LP release, so did not ask.
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > mrichter@xxxxxxx
> > http://www.mrichter.com/
>
>
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