[ARSCLIST] Luigi Creatore of Hugo and Luigi Contact Information

[Robert J Hodge <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,
Does anyone have contact information for RCA record producer Luigi
Creatore who was half of the team of Hugo and Luigi? 
I know Hugo passed away some time ago.

Thanks,
Bob Hodge

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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Shoshani
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 7:12 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] speaking of ye olde 78 needles ...

Mike Richter wrote:

> I've experience with cactus and thorn needles, largely from the yucca 
> that used to thrive just off my front porch. They have few audible 
> resonances and a pleasing, soft sound. The volume they produce is low,

> too low for those accustomed to electronic reproduction. Of course,
they 
> also tend to leave resin in the grooves.

According to Welch and/or Read in From Tin Foil To Stereo (1976 
edition), they also tend to leave bits of themselves in the grooves, 
often catching on the next needle on a subsequent play and wearing a 
path through the sidewall of the groove. I've never even seen them but 
my dad told me that when he was a kid (1950s) he had an old tabletop 
Victrola in the basement of his house with thorn needles AND a 
sharpener/recutter.

Michael Shoshani
Chicago