Re: [ARSCLIST] Anybody familiar with any of these publications?

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Nigel Barrett" <nigelinseychelles@xxxxxxxxx>
> The first commercial Scots Gaelic shellac discs I came across date from
> 1899-1909 period made by firstly Jessie Maclachlan in Sep.1899 recorded
> Glasgow by Fred Gaisberg and after 1909 on Blue Rena Columbia discs by
> Roderick Macleod,1896 Mod Gold Medalist.His dates are roughly 1848-1933.
> Bill Dean -Myers has comiled an 1888-1960 Scots 78 catalogue from recent
> research.
> I am not sure apart from the non-commercial Kennedy -Fraser Gaelic discs
> c.1905 which are i Edinburgh at the Scottish School of Studies,Edinburgh
> University,I think,does anyone know of other Gaelic recordings made of Scots
> singers 1900-1908  ? 2 possibilities are Margrat Duncan and John
> S.Mackenzie.Duncan is listed as having first  recorded around 1909 and both
> singers made recordings in the 1920's when  older.
> Rena Columbia ,according to the owner of the 78 Exchange ,Stockport,issued
> shellac discs  between 1909-15.The Macleod discs are  baked and warped
> looking, with easily  scuffled grooves and faint sound,needing a heavy
> needle.I have a few of them amongst my collection of 145 Gaeli 78's.I am
> wondering if Gaelic 78's are one of the the last major cd transfer projects
> still to be done ? I am excluding the world of classical music .There are
> some major  conductors  of the 20's whose cd discographies are rather
> threadbare.
> 
There was at least one Scots disc issued by Berliner of Montreal, which
is notable for having had a tartan background for its label! This MAY
be mentioned on the National Library Of Canada's web site...?!

Steven C. Barr
(who can't recall the details...!)