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		<title>A Journey Into Stereo Sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1958]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dave king]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edmundo ros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ernest ansermet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kirsten flagstad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[london symphony orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mantovani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchestra of the suisse romande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paris conservatoire orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ted heath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vera lynn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wilhelm backhaus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winifred atwell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For over 12 years, London's <em>ffrr</em> has been the world renowned symbol <em>for the finest in high fidelity monaural recording</em>. Today, with the advent of the stereo record, London's technical knowledge and skill brings forth Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound...identified by <em>ffss...the symbol for the finest in high fidelity stereophonic recording</em>.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/08/01/a-journey-into-stereo-sound/ajiss/" rel="attachment wp-att-586"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-300x300.jpg" alt="A Journey Into Stereo Sound" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-586" /></a>&#8230;an introduction to ffss</p>

<p>Side One</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-01.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Train Sequence">Train Sequence</a> (1:37)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-02.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Espa&ntilde;a">Chabrier: Espa&ntilde;a</a> (1:25) &#8212; excerpt. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ataulfo Argenta</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-03.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Tap Dance Sequence">Tap Dance Sequence</a> (0:54)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-04.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Under the Bridges of Paris">Under the Bridges of Paris</a> (1:33) Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-05.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Rehearsal Sequence">Rehearsal Sequence</a> (1:07) Ernest Ansermet</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-06.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Rite of Spring">Stravinsky: Rite of Spring</a> (1:18) &#8212; excerpt. Orchestra of the Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-07.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Die Walk&uuml;re - Act 3">Wagner Die Walk&uuml;re - Act 3</a> (1:15) &#8212; excerpt. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-08.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Racing Cars Sequence">Racing Cars Sequence</a> (0:53)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-09.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: True Love">True Love</a> (3:14) Mantovani and His Orchestra</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-10.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Ceremony of the Keys">Ceremony of the Keys</a> (4:07)</li>
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<p>Side Two</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-11.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Capriccio Espagnol">Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol</a> (1:38) &#8212; excerpt. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ataulfo Argento</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-12.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: O Divine Redeemer">Gounod: O Divine Redeemer</a> (1:37) Kirsten Flagstad, soprano with The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-13.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Only One of You">Only One of You</a> (2:05) Dave King with Orchestra</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-14.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Another Time">Another Time</a> (2:03) Vera Lynn with Orchestra</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-15.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: June is Busting Out All Over">June Is Busting Out All Over</a> (1:30) Ted Heath and His Music</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-16.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat Major (K. 595)">Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat Major (K. 595)</a> (1:35) &#8212; excerpt. Wilhelm Backhaus, piano with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl B&ouml;hm</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-17.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Portrait Painter of Paree">Portrait Painter of Paree</a> (1:13) Winifred Atwell, piano</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ajiss-18.mp3" title="A Journey Into Stereo Sound: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14">Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14</a> (2:59) &#8212; excerpt. Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Ataulfo Argenta</li>
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<p><strong>ffrr full frequency range recording&#8230; <em>and now&#8230;</em>**<br />
**ffss full frequency stereophonic sound</strong></p>

<p>For over 12 years, London&#8217;s <em>ffrr</em> has been the world renowned symbol <em>for the finest in high fidelity monaural recording</em>. Today, with the advent of the stereo record, London&#8217;s technical knowledge and skill brings forth Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound&#8230;identified by <em>ffss&#8230;the symbol for the finest in high fidelity stereophonic recording</em>.</p>

<p>This long playing record is a high precision product. We have done our utmost to ensure that it reaches you in perfect condition; compliance with the following suggestions will help to keep it so.</p>

<p><strong>HANDLING</strong><br />
Handle with great care.<br />
Avoid touching the playing surfaces.<br />
Keep away from dust and heat.<br />
Clean the record frequently by gently wiping with a soft damp cloth. Replace the record in this container immediately after use.<br />
Store in an even, moderate temperature.</p>

<p><strong>PLAYING</strong><br />
This record must be played only on stereophonic equipment which includes:<br />
<em>A turntable revolving at 33 1/3 r.p.m. constant speed.</em><br />
<em>A light-weight pick-up with a stylus weight of not more than 4 grams.</em><br />
<em>A microgroove stylus .0007 tip radius &plusmn; .0001</em></p>

<p>PS 100<br />
A JOURNEY INTO STEREO SOUND</p>
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		<title>Three Promos: Barbie, McDonald&#8217;s, and Life Cereal</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/28/three-promos-barbie-mcdonalds-and-life-cereal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1980s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1986]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1987]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1988]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california dream barbie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life cereal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mcdonalds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the beach boys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a departure from the norm (such as it is): three promotional discs from the 1980s. The Barbie record is on floppy blue plastic, the McDonald's and Life Cereal contest entry records are pressed onto cardboard.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A bit of a departure from the norm (such as it is): three promotional discs from the 1980s. The Barbie record is on floppy blue plastic, the McDonald&#8217;s and Life Cereal contest entry records are pressed onto cardboard. All three were found tucked into a box of children&#8217;s story records from my girlfriend&#8217;s childhood.</em></p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/28/three-promos-barbie-mcdonalds-and-life-cereal/barbie-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-601"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/barbie-300x296.jpg" alt="" title="California Dream Barbie: The Beach Boys: Living Doll" width="300" height="296" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-601" align="right" /></a>California Dream Barbie</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/barbie.mp3" title="California Dream Barbie: The Beach Boys: Living Doll">Living Doll</a> (2:00) by The Beach Boys<br />
Written by Wilson, Morgan, Landy
4439-0300</p>

<p>Producer: Brian Wilson<br />
Executive Producer: Dr. Eugene E. Landy</p>

<p>Mfd. in U.S.A. by<br />
EVA-TONE<br />
SOUNDSHEETS</p>

<p>(P)1987 Brother Records, Inc.<br />
&copy;1987 Beachead Music (ASCAP)<br />
&copy;1987 Beach Bum Music (BMI)</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/28/three-promos-barbie-mcdonalds-and-life-cereal/mcdonalds-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-602"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mcdonalds-300x296.jpg" alt="" title="McDonald&#039;s Million Dollar Menu" width="300" height="296" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-602" align="right" /></a><strong>You could WIN $1,000,000 INSTANTLY! Play this record now!</strong></p>

<p>McDonald&#8217;s<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mcdonalds.mp3" title="McDonald's Million Dollar Menu Song">$1,000,000 MENU SONG</a> (2:02)</p>

<p>See Official Rules posted at participating McDonald&#8217;s.</p>

<ul>
<li>No purchase necessary to play or receive prize. 16 years or older to play.</li>
<li>Game ends 3/11/89. Potential winning record subject to verification.</li>
<li><em>$1,000,000 prize payable in installments to the individual person who received the winning record.</em></li>
<li>The odds of winning: 1 in 80,000,000</li>
</ul>

<p>Note: Place coin near record center if record slips.</p>

<p>&copy;1988 McDonald&#8217;s Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/28/three-promos-barbie-mcdonalds-and-life-cereal/life/" rel="attachment wp-att-603"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/life-300x297.jpg" alt="" title="Life Cereal Rock Music Mystery #1" width="300" height="297" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-603" align="right" /></a>Life Cereal <strong>Rock Music Mystery 1</strong><br />
One in a series of three great music mystery games.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lifecereal.mp3" title="Life Cereal Rock Music Mystery #1">Rock Music Mystery #1</a> (2:30)</p>

<p>Play at 33 RPM on any turntable. If record sticks to spindle, enlarge hole slightly or place a coin over the center of the record.</p>

<p>HERE&#8217;S HOW TO PLAY:</p>

<ol>
<li>One of three different records in Life Cereal&#8217;s Rock Music Mystery Game is in each specially marked box of Life Cereal.</li>
<li>Play the record; listen to the music and the clues, then guess the titles to the four (4) Rock&#8217;n Roll hit songs.</li>
<li>Identify the correct song titles by checking the selection boxes from the choices found on the side-panel of the Life Cereal box. Then mail in your entry for a chance to win!</li>
<li>Collect all three records, and enter as often as you like.</li>
</ol>

<p>Best played on a manual turntable.</p>

<p>&copy;1986 The Quaker Oats Company</p>
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		<title>Twilight of Steam, Vol. 1</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/25/twilight-of-steam-vol-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1960s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1963]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locomotives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steam locomotives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steam trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[...the thrilling audio companion to the exciting and controversial deluxe hard cover edition entitled <em>The Twilight of Steam Locomotives</em> by Ron Ziel]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/07/25/twilight-of-steam-vol-1/twilightofsteam/" rel="attachment wp-att-580"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/twilightofsteam-300x300.jpg" alt="Twilight of Steam, Vol. 1" title="Twilight of Steam, Vol. 1" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-580" align="right" /></a>THE NOSTALGIC SOUNDS OF THE LAST STEAM ENGINES TO OPERATE IN AMERICA, BASED ON &#8220;THE TWILIGHT OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES&#8221; &#8212; THE NEW BEST-SELLING RAILROAD BOOK BY RON ZIEL.</p>

<p><strong>TWILIGHT OF STEAM</strong><br />
<strong>&#8230;the thrilling audio companion to the exciting and controversial deluxe hard cover edition entitled <em>The Twilight of Steam Locomotives</em> by Ron Ziel</strong></p>

<p><em>Published by GROSSET &amp; DUNLAP, INC.</em></p>

<p>Recording engineers: Brad Miller and Leo Kulka<br />
Art director / Photography: Ron Ziel<br />
Designer: Marshall Gatewood Moseley</p>

<p>Side Number One</p>

<ol>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-01.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Reader R.R. 2-6-2 No. 11">Track One</a> (1:57) As we begin our adventure in &#8220;The Twilight of Steam Locomotives&#8221; the inside front cover beholds the World famous Reader R.R. in southwest Arkansas. This is the last 100% steam powered common-carrier mixed train to operate in the United States and according to Mr. T. W. M. Long, President of the charming shortline, &#8220;We&#8217;re in the passenger business and having a grand time. You&#8217;all come down to see us.&#8221; We hear No. 11, a well polished 2-6-2 making her tri-weekly train in the Reader yard. How about that perfectly tuned Nathan Chime whistle, a sound to stir most anyone.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-02.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Virginia Blue Ridge 0-6-0 No. 9">Track Two</a> (3:16) On pages 11-13, you will find a recent victim of dieselization, the Virginia Blue Ridge during the last days of steam. This recording has 0-6-0 No. 9, shown in both photos, topping a grade near Piney River, Virginia. Even the song birds seem to sense that the passing of an era is very near indeed.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-03.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Southern Pacific GS 4-8-4">Track Three</a> (1:26) Apparently silenced forever, the last of Southern Pacific&#8217;s esthetically pleasing G S series 4-8-4&#8217;s is shown on page 65 in retirement. We hear her now during a portion of her &#8220;last run&#8221; to Reno, Nevada in 1960. This sound was typical Espee with big and beautiful Northern&#8217;s that could start an 18 car train and roar by you at 60 mph in nothing flat. Witness same.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-04.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Burlington Mike 2-8-2 No. 4963">Track Four</a> (1:11) Until early 1963, the Bevier &amp; Southern in central Missouri had a leased Burlington Mike, No. 4963. On page 96 the 2-8-2 is shown at Bevier. Listen to her walk a string of hoppers &#8220;over the top,&#8221; past our trackside location.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-05.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Mobile &amp; Gulf 2-6-0 No. 97">Track Five</a> (1:46) Opposite the 4963, a handsome 2-6-0 No. 97 of the Mobile &amp; Gulf is portrayed quite intentionally, on page 97. Her whistle is possessed of a deep melodic charm as the Mogul awakens the Alabama countryside during an early morning dew near Brownville.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-06.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Kentucky &amp; Tennessee 2-8-2 No. 10">Track Six</a> (4:11) Many fascinations of the steam locomotive are evident when viewed emerging from under a bridge. The Kentucky &amp; Tennessee&#8217;s No. 10, a husky 2-8-2 is doing just that, partially camouflaged behind her own steam, on page 103. From the same location, we capture the Mike with a capacity load from Mine 16 and unless some miracle happens, the K &amp; T will be dieselized by the time you read this for lack of spare parts and qualified machinists for maintenance.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-07.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Magma Arizona 2-8-2 No. 7">Track Seven</a> (1:22) Upon turning the page, a color portrait of Magma Arizona&#8217;s trim No. 7, star of Cinerama&#8217;s &#8220;How the West Was Won,&#8221; presents itself. With the temperature hovering near 105 degrees, the 2-8-2 moves right along near Queens, on the return trip to Superior, Arizona.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-08.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Mississippian No. 77">Track Eight</a> (0:39) One of the very last all steam shortlines east of the Mississippi is none other than the Mississippian, appropriately displayed on page 106-107. No. 77 leaves the house to pick up the caboose in the yard.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-09.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Graham County Railroad Shay No. 1926">Track Nine</a> (4:26) A &#8220;Carolina Shortline&#8221; devotes the entire chapter to the Graham County Railroad, which operates two Shays in the southwestern portion of North Carolina. The indescribable beauty of the No. 1926 with engineer Ed Collins working the whistle cord over, illustrates in sound, that which cannot be done with words or photography. The next time you are in Bear Creek Valley, ask Ed to put on a show for you, just like this one.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Side Number Two</p>

<ol>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-10.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T No. 13">Track One</a> (1:14) 0-6-0T No. 13 of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal is the star of Chapter 12, pages 116-121. Here she makes her recording debut in the very last days of BEDT steam. Listen to the flange squeel as the side-tanker tows a box car within the shadow of Manhattan skyscrapers!</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-11.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Denver and Rio Grande Mikados No. 484 and 487">Track Two</a> (2:34) &#8220;Last of the Narrow Gauges&#8221;&#8212;is the story of the Denver and Rio Grande in southwestern Colorado, chapter 14. The photo opposite the color plate shows Mikados No. 484 and 487 at the same time this recording was made on the eastbound assault of Cumbres Pass, from the locomotive tender.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-12.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: East Broad Top 2-8-2 No. 15">Track Three</a> (2:43) However, within this chapter, &#8220;Last of the Narrow Gauges&#8221; there lies the resurrected ghost of Pennsylvania. Crickets with intermittant gusts of wind rattling the corn stalks herald the approach of 2-8-2 No. 15 of the East Broad Top as her whistle echoes across the Aughwick Valley. Author Ron Ziel exclaims, &#8220;This is simply a great sound track!&#8221;</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-13.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Reading T-1 4-8-4 No. 2124 and 2100">Track Four</a> (3:27) Sharing fame and fortune with other &#8220;Excursion Engines of the &#8216;60&#8217;s&#8221; chapter 17, were Reading&#8217;s T&#8212;1&#8217;s. From the very first, No 2124 to the very last, No. 2102, these beautiful Northern&#8217;s thrilled hundreds of thousands of people in the population density of east-central Pennsylvania. October, 1963 saw these 4-8-4&#8217;s under steam for the last time. We join Trains Magazine in saying &#8220;Thank you&#8221; to the Reading for a delight that will be unsurpassed for years to come. On an earlier &#8220;Iron Horse Ramble&#8221; in 1961, No. 2124 has just been cut off and is standing on a siding, saluting No. 2100 as she heads the special towards Valley Forge.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-14.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Northern Canada 6167">Track Five</a> (2:35) Canada&#8217;s last excursion engine is the 6167, featured in a two page spread of sub-zero weather. Yes, those pages look mighty cold as the mighty Northern makes mock work of her train in tow as she effortlessly gains speed leaving the yard board at Toronto, Ontario.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-15.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Strasburg 0-6-0 No. 31">Track Six</a> (3:11) Just turn the page and you&#8217;ll find the &#8220;Cozy and Friendly, The Strasburg&#8221; puffing through the cemetery. And that&#8217;s exactly the sound you are hearing as well. Let us know if any other &#8220;ghosts&#8221; bother you, that is other than 0-6-0 No. 31.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-16.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Burlington 2-8-2 No. 4960">Track Seven</a> (3:19) And turn the page once again to face &#8220;The Great Teacher, No. 4960.&#8221; My, what an aggressive management that makes available an authentic steam locomotive such as this 2-8-2 for school children excursions and at the bottom of their inter-department transportation notices state &#8220;make every effort to handle with fact in mind these children will be future shippers and passengers of the Burlington.&#8221; Leave it to the Q, a railroad that is currently making passenger traffic history, to go one step further. Let&#8217;s listen as the spunky Mikado walks up the grade from Ottawa, Illinois, enroute to Streator with several hundred happy youngsters. By the way, that bird was a little upset being covered with cinders and such. Shouldn&#8217;t happen to a bird.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tos-17.mp3" title="Twilight of Steam: Buffalo Creek &amp; Gauley 2-8-0 No. 14">Track Eight</a> (1:55) To close Volume One of &#8220;Twilight of Steam&#8221; we have selected an unusual track in that this sound story is all but forgotten in the annals of history. Fifty carlengths ahead and around a curve, Buffalo Creek &amp; Gauley 2-8-0 No. 14 puts air into the train and whistles off. Then the slack comes roaring down the river canyon at Dundon and the train leaves for Widen. This is the sound that is so familiar to those crewmen whose home away from home was a caboose. To be continued.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>If you are unable to purchase either this record or the hard cover book edition, through your dealer, write directly to: Mobile Fidelity, Burbank, California 91503. Brochure will be sent upon request.</p>

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<p>SONIC-SEVEN is the name given to the combination of technical advances and achievements contained in this recording. Under the supervision and development of Leo Kulka, and pioneered in tis use by Brad Miller, engineer/producer for Mobile Fidelity records, SONIC-SEVEN approaches a new spectrum of dynamic sound reproduction.</p>

<p>Special microphone techniques were designed to re-create the peculiarities and acoustical conditions of the terrain. Depending on weather conditions and air temperatures, the following microphones were used, independently: Neumann SM-2 Stereo Condenser; AKG ribbon dynamic D24b; Electro Voice dynamic 666. The Neumann SM-2 used in the Sum and Difference method of stereo recording was matrixed to left-to-right stereo. Original master recording was accomplished on Ampex 350-2 equipment, and the signal then fed to the fully automatic Newmann Master Disc Lathe through a fully transistorized control board without the use of a single transformer or vacuum tube. Frequency response of this board is &plusmn; 1 db from 5 to 100,000 cps. Intermodulation and harmonic distortion is virtually non-existant.</p>

<p>With the fully automatic Neumann Lathe, and the Teldec Cutting System with automatic variable pitch and depth control, the complete dynamic range is preserved at all times. Within the Teldec System is incorporated a process which makes this disc compatible for FM stereo Multiplex broadcasting as well as stereo-monaural playback system compatibility for the home. Yes, you may use this disc on ANY Phonograph Player, Stereo or Monaural, without damage to record or needle.</p>

<p>There you have it. The dynamic big picture of SONIC-SEVEN.</p>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fran Dowie's infectious brand of music hall entertainment is delighting the hundreds of thousands of visitors that flock every summer to this restored Cariboo gold rush community of Barkerville, 55 miles east of Quesnel. The veteran vaudeville showman, known variously as the Barnum of Barkerville and the High-Priest of Nostalgia, has written directed and generally inspired a small troupe of actors in an annual production of what can be most accurately described as "Barkerville-style music hall"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/03/28/vaudeville-is-really-alive-and-well-in-barkerville/viraawib/" rel="attachment wp-att-571"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-300x300.jpg" alt="" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-571" align="right" /></a> <strong>THEATRE ROYAL CAST RECORDING</strong><br />
Fran Dowie MR. WORDS!<br />
Norman Long MR. MUSIC!</p>

<p>SID WILLIAMS, LOUISE GLENNIE, SUSAN TRUDELL, BOB UNDERWOOD, ROB GOOGEL, CHRIS DOWIE, WANDA WILKINSON, BRAD COWAN, GOLDIE SEMPLE</p>

<p>Canada&#8217;s Unique Frontier Mining Town<br />
BARKERVILLE, BRITISH COLUMBIA</p>

<p><strong>CANADA&#8217;S LONGEST-RUNNING MUSIC HALL</strong></p>

<p>Fran Dowie&#8217;s infectious brand of music hall entertainment is delighting the hundreds of thousands of visitors that flock every summer to this restored Cariboo gold rush community of Barkerville, 55 miles east of Quesnel.</p>

<p>The veteran vaudeville showman, known variously as the Barnum of Barkerville and the High-Priest of Nostalgia, has written directed and generally inspired a small troupe of actors in an annual production of what can be most accurately described as &#8220;Barkerville-style music hall&#8221;</p>

<p>Together with pianst Norman Long, he writes the original music and lyrics for the productions that are drawing a new type of traveller to the narrow valley that once housed more than 10,000 gold-hungry miners.</p>

<p>The artists, some of whom have appeared with Dowie for the past 11 seasons, are on stage &#8220;in flesh and blood reality&#8221; to sing, dance and entertain generally, in what has come to be known as the longest-running variety show in Canada.</p>

<p>For unsurpassed pleasure, guaranteed to induce intense interest and enthralling enjoyment, Mr. Dowie has imported a constant succession of enthusiastic first-class artists to entertain with dignity and eclat.</p>

<p>There is Mr. Sid Williams, ladies and gentlemen, that wonderful man of 10,000 faces appearing personally in unparalleled attractions of capricious comedy.</p>

<p>Miss Louise Glennie also returns by popular desire with more delightful delineations, in addition to demonstrating her own considerable charms as an effervescent artiste.</p>

<p>For one&#8217;s added pleasure, three beautiful damsels of unmatched distinction, Miss Susan Trudell, Miss Goldie Semple, and Miss Wanda Wilkinson, leave no doubt in the mind that they are truly the song birds of the gold fields, as they present their saucy music hall song and operatic arias.</p>

<p>Mr. Bob Underwood demonstrated unique and diversified style in captivating the ladies&#8217; hearts with his lyric tenor voice.</p>

<p>Mr. Robbie Googel also is featured in his latest novelty act.</p>

<p>And much to nobody&#8217;s surprise the Great Barstow has returned from a trip to most parts of the civilized world, including New Westminster, with conglomerate yet cohesive competance and craft, carefully contrived to captivate the connoisseur and confound the castigator.</p>

<p>The net result is a delightful revival of the type of entertainment once popular in the former gold capital of B.C.</p>

<p>NATURAL SOUNDS NS 8002<br />
Recorded at Studio 3 Productions Ltd.<br />
Vancouver, Canada</p>

<p>Side One:</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-01.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: The Caribou Itch">The Caribou Itch</a> (2:48)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-02.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Honeysuckle and the Bee">Honeysuckle and the Bee</a> (2:38)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-03.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Take Me To the Station">Take Me To the Station</a> (3:43)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-04.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Miner's Dream of Home">Miner&#8217;s Dream of Home</a> (2:46)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-05.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Mosquito Creek Rag">Mosquito Creek Rag</a> (1:21)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-06.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Blow the Wind Southerly">Blow the Wind Southerly</a> (2:32)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-07.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Wagon Road North">Wagon Road North</a> (2:53)</li>
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<p>Side Two:</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-08.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Take Your Pick">Take Your Pick</a> (3:08)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-09.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: On Wings of Song">On Wings of Song</a> (1:37)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-10.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Goodbye Boys">Goodbye Boys</a> (2:56)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-11.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: The Mermaid and the Clam">The Mermaid and the Clam</a> (4:03)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-12.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Dreaming">Dreaming</a> (2:18)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/viraawib-13.mp3" title="Vaudeville is Really Alive and Well in Barkerville: Salute to the Saloons">Salute to the Saloons</a> (4:39)</li>
</ol>

<p><em>(The date (mid-1970&#8217;s) on this one is entirely a guess, as there&#8217;s no date information at all on the LP. I know it was pre-1980, however, based on its mention in <a href="http://www.mjq.net/canadasts.htm" title="Canadian Film &amp; Original Cast Music">this article</a> dated November 1979.)</em></p>
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		<title>Ira Ironstrings: The Best Damn Dance Band In the Land</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually, it was a non-Ironstrings but a fast-friend -- Lucy N. Fairweather, our percussionist and Moral Beacon -- who inspired us to form our orchestra. that sweet, grey-haired old lady had been passed out in our setting-room rocker for eleven days, just a-rocking and eyeing the bougainvillaea. Came the fateful evening, April 11, 1930. A typical Ironstrings family scene at dusk: the sun falling behind the Ice House, scented breezes wafting in from Kissing Bog, and the whole Ironstrings clan gathered underneath the creeping veranda. Lucy looked up at us Ironstrings, rubbed her antimacassars (which had been ailing of late), smiled benignly, and said, "You Clydes oughta do something about Dance Music. It's damn well going to the dogs, and tha's a fact."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/31/ira-ironstrings-the-best-damn-dance-band-in-the-land/ii-tbddbitl/" rel="attachment wp-att-520"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ii-tbddbitl-300x300.jpg" alt="Ira Ironstrings: The Best Damn Dance Band In the Land" title="Ira Ironstrings: The Best Damn Dance Band In the Land" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-520" align="right" /></a> THE FORMATION OF THE BEST DAMN DANCE BAND IN THE LAND<br />
As Told and Tooted by IRA IRONSTRINGS<br />
(Chapter 5 of The Forthcoming Autobiography)</p>

<p>&#8220;Damn Tooting,&#8221; said Lucy, and that was the inspiration for The Best Damn Dance Band in the Land.</p>

<p>As I reflect back on it all now (&#8220;it all&#8221; meaning the formation of our orchestra: Ira Ironstrings, The Best Damn Dance Band in the Land), it must have been divinely blessed. Things Good like that just don&#8217;t happen every day in North Crumble. Not by a long shot.</p>

<p>I think it&#8217;s important that the world-at-large know about the day our orchestra was formed&#8230;for posterity&#8217;s sake, and also because we all get fed up with visiting anthropologists messing up the Good Life here in Macon County with their deep, probing questions. So here goes:</p>

<p>Actually, it was a non-Ironstrings but a fast-friend &#8212; Lucy N. Fairweather, our percussionist and Moral Beacon &#8212; who inspired us to form our orchestra. that sweet, grey-haired old lady had been passed out in our setting-room rocker for eleven days, just a-rocking and eyeing the bougainvillaea. Came the fateful evening, April 11, 1930. A typical Ironstrings family scene at dusk: the sun falling behind the Ice House, scented breezes wafting in from Kissing Bog, and the whole Ironstrings clan gathered underneath the creeping veranda. Lucy looked up at us Ironstrings, rubbed her antimacassars (which had been ailing of late), smiled benignly, and said, &#8220;You Clydes oughta do something about Dance Music. It&#8217;s damn well going to the dogs, and tha&#8217;s a fact.&#8221;</p>

<p>Well sir, we Ironstrings galvanized into action. After flooring the old lady with a feint to the mid-section and a mean right hook, I asked here just what <em>more</em> we could do. Already we had founded a fund to preserve used Andy Kirk 78&#8217;s. &#8220;Nothing more can be done!&#8221; we said, almost to a man. (&#8220;Almost,&#8221; because Armando Lauderdale had carried the maid, Thelma N. (for Nothing) Edison, off to Kissing Bog and couldn&#8217;t be contacted nohow.)</p>

<p>To tell the truth, Lucy was fit to be tied. (In fact, we had to forcibly restrain Polly Paradiddle, who was coming at her with a hunk of hemp and a mean glint in her good eye.) Lucy spoke up just in time. Saluting the colors, she said, &#8220;True grey Southerners! Be creative as all get out about the Dance Music Problem!&#8221; Taking it as her personal mission, she hailed a passing Red Cross van, clambered up on the hood, and stamped her right foot for attention. &#8220;Ira Ironstrings, Friends, and you Crumbums in the ally there,&#8221; she spake, still stamping her right foot for attention and also because the sole of her sneaker was flapping some. &#8220;I has come up with something, and in sheer reverence to this old grey head and also because I holds the notes on all your instruments, I think that mayhap we oughta form an orchestra! Horray!&#8221;</p>

<p>&#8220;Horray,&#8221; we answered, to a man. (Armando was back now, picking nettles out of his spats.)</p>

<p>&#8220;<em>Damn tooting</em>,&#8221; said sweet good grey-haired motherly affectionate Lucy.</p>

<p>That did it!</p>

<p>&#8220;<em>Tooting!</em>&#8221; I cried out. &#8220;That&#8217;s our <em>answer!</em>&#8221;</p>

<p>&#8220;The child&#8217;s been tetched since the day of the borning,&#8221; said Lucy, &#8220;and that&#8217;s a fact o&#8217; nature.&#8221;</p>

<p>&#8220;Fellow Red Necks,&#8221; addressed I (never dreaming that this was the birth of what would serve in years yet unborn as a true elocutionary gift). &#8220;<em>Tooting!</em> Dwell on that word a mo&#8217;. Today in music everyone is &#8216;blowing!&#8217; Every Man Jack of you has been faced with music that&#8217;s been <em>blown!</em> Bring back the <em>Toot</em>, say I.&#8221;</p>

<p>As if to emphasize my stand, Gutbucket Avakian, the Armenian Red Cross driver, gave his truck horn a whomp with his elbow. <em>Toot</em>, it went. <em>Toot</em> it kept on wenting. Stuck, it was.</p>

<p>&#8220;Crazy, pops,&#8221; said Thurston, my Portuguese step-sister, running toward the stuck horn, &#8220;G Sharp.&#8221; Pulling her trusty tuba out of her satchel, she ran off a wicked vamp. Lucy stomped her foot faster. &#8220;You fat heads are swingin&#8217; now,&#8221; she wheezed.</p>

<p>Frenzy set in.</p>

<p>Maxwell Suggins (tenor washboard and temple bells) had tooted up a heavy four-beat rhythm on his &#8220;board.&#8221; Tanya Blackberry tooted a joyous cadenza on her three-string Woolworth guaranteed banjo, c. 1907. Reminding us all of a young Teschemacher, Hot Lips Skorstad tooted variations of &#8220;A Train&#8221; on kazoo, enough to make strong men weep.</p>

<p>I whooped, &#8220;Now we&#8217;re Tooting, bless our cute little hearts. Now we sound like The Best Bamn Bance Dand in the Land!&#8221; (I never could say it fast.)</p>

<p>Hearts full and feet a-flap, our 12 Hot Licks o&#8217; Rhythm kept it up far into the night. As luck would have it, little Samuel F. B. Marconi, boy inventor, warmed up his cactus-needle recorder, the better to preserve all this on wax (as they say in Show Biz). Good thing, too, for you can now hear, at a ridiculously low price, The Best Damn Bance Dand In the Land.</p>

<p>Recorded April 11 and a hunk of April 12, 1930, in North Crumble, Macon County, Georgia, without benefit of clergy.</p>

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<p>For your further dancing pleasure, may we suggest:</p>

<p>SORTA-MAY by Billy May, Capitol 562<br />
HAWAIIAN WAR CHANT by Tommy Dorsey, RCA Victor 1234<br />
CHARLESTONS by Ira Ironstrings, Warner Bros. 1297<br />
GLENN MILLER, Epic 3236</p>

<p>Side One:</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-01.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Across the Alley From the Alamo">Across the Alley From the Alamo</a> (2:12)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-02.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: The Blacksmith Blues">The Blacksmith Blues</a> (2:10)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-03.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings:The Surrey With the Fringe On Top">The Surrey With the Fringe On Top</a> (2:21)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-04.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Down By the Station">Down By the Station</a> (2:05)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-05.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> (2:48)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-06.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Mountain Greenery">Mountain Greenery</a> (2:43)</li>
</ol>

<p>Side Two:</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-07.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Jingle Jangle Jingle">Jingle Jangle Jingle</a> (2:33)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-08.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Little Brown Jug">Little Brown Jug</a> (2:26)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-09.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Jambalaya">Jambalaya</a> (2:00)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-10.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: The Huckle-Buck">The Huckle-Buck</a> (3:01)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-11.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: I'd've Baked A Cake">I&#8217;d&#8217;ve Baked A Cake</a> (2:22)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ii-tbddbitl-12.mp3" title="Ira Ironstrings: Last Night on the Back Porch">Last Night On the Back Porch</a> (2:05)</li>
</ol>

<p>PRODUCED BY LOU BUSCH</p>

<p>VITAPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY<br />
WARNER BROS. HIGH FIDELITY</p>

<p>MONOPHONIC W 1380</p>
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		<title>Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven&#8217;s Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/29/winterthur-symphony-orchestra-beethovens-piano-concerto-in-b-flat-major-op-19/concerthallchspec51bc-s1/" rel="attachment wp-att-564"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/concerthallchspec51bc-s1-300x294.jpg" alt="Artur Balsam, Pianist; Winterthur Symphony Orchestra; Walter Goehr, Conductor: Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19, 1st Movement: Allegro con brio" title="Concert Hall CH-SPEC-51-BC" width="300" height="294" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-564" align="right" /></a> <strong>LONG PLAYING</strong></p>

<p>ARTUR BALSAM, Pianist<br />
<strong>Winterthur Symphony Orchestra</strong><br />
WALTER GOEHR, Conductor</p>

<p>Side 1<br />
33-1/3 RPM<br />
Micro-groove</p>

<p><strong>Concert Hall</strong><br />
LIMITED EDITION</p>

<p><strong>PIANO CONCERTO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 19</strong><br />
LUDWIG VAN BETHOVEN</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/concerthallchspec51bc-s1-01.mp3" title="Concert Hall CH-SPEC-51-BC: Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven, Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19, 1st Movement">1st Movement: Allegro con brio</a> (12:09)</p>

<p>CH-SPEC-51-BC</p>

<p>LICENSED BY CONCERT HALL SOCIETY INC. NY, USA ONLY FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE FOR PHONOGRAPHS IN HOMES</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/29/winterthur-symphony-orchestra-beethovens-piano-concerto-in-b-flat-major-op-19/concerthallchspec51bc-s2/" rel="attachment wp-att-565"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/concerthallchspec51bc-s2-300x295.jpg" alt="Artur Balsam, Pianist; Winterthur Symphony Orchestra; Walter Goehr, Conductor: Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19, 2nd Movement: Adagio; 3rd Movement: Rondo, Allegro" title="Concert Hall CH-SPEC-51-BC" width="300" height="295" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-565" align="right" /></a> <strong>LONG PLAYING</strong></p>

<p>ARTUR BALSAM, Pianist<br />
<strong>Winterthur Symphony Orchestra</strong><br />
WALTER GOEHR, Conductor</p>

<p>Side 2<br />
33-1/3 RPM<br />
Micro-groove</p>

<p><strong>Concert Hall</strong><br />
LIMITED EDITION</p>

<p><strong>PIANO CONCERTO IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 19</strong><br />
LUDWIG VAN BETHOVEN</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/concerthallchspec51bc-s2-01.mp3" title="Concert Hall CH-SPEC-51-BC: Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven, Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19, 2nd Movement">2nd Movement: Adagio</a> (9:08)<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/concerthallchspec51bc-s2-02.mp3" title="Concert Hall CH-SPEC-51-BC: Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven, Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 19, 3rd Movement">3rd Movement: Rondo: Allegro</a> (6:03)</p>

<p>CH-SPEC-51-BC</p>

<p>LICENSED BY CONCERT HALL SOCIETY INC. NY, USA ONLY FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE FOR PHONOGRAPHS IN HOMES</p>

<p><em>(This was found in the same package as many of the 78s I&#8217;ve posted, and was the same physical size, but was obviously a more modern disc: thinner, flexible vinyl, and with a 33 1/3 playback speed rather than 78. I believe this is mid- to late-50&#8217;s, but I&#8217;m not at all positive.)</em></p>
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		<title>Tempo TR-608: Ben Light, &#8216;When Day is Done&#8217;/&#8217;Cocktails for Two&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/tempo-tr-608-ben-light-when-day-is-donecocktails-for-two/tempotr-608-a/" rel="attachment wp-att-555"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/tempotr-608-a-300x292.jpg" alt="Ben Light, Herb Kern, Lloyd Sloop, and Gail Laughton, When Day is Done" title="Tempo TR-608-A" width="300" height="292" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-555" align="right" /></a> RECORDED BY DIRECT ELECTRONIC PROCESS</p>

<p><strong>TEMPO</strong><br />
<em>Custom Made Records</em></p>

<p>UR-104582</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tempotr-608-a.mp3" title="Tempo TR-608-A: Ben Light, When Day is Done">WHEN DAY IS DONE</a> (2:46)<br />
(De-Sylva-Katcher)<br />
Opposite Side: <strong>Cocktails For Two</strong><br />
<em>Featuring The Lightning Fingers Of</em><br />
BEN LIGHT At The STEINWAY<br />
HERB KERN At The HAMMOND<br />
Lloyd Sloop At The Novachord<br />
And<br />
Gail Laughton&#8217;s Harp</p>

<p>TR-608-A</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/tempo-tr-608-ben-light-when-day-is-donecocktails-for-two/tempotr-608-b/" rel="attachment wp-att-556"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/tempotr-608-b-300x290.jpg" alt="Ben Light, Herb Kern, Lloyd Sloop, and Gail Laughton, Cocktails for Two" title="Tempo TR-608-B" width="300" height="290" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-556" align="right" /></a> RECORDED BY DIRECT ELECTRONIC PROCESS</p>

<p><strong>TEMPO</strong><br />
<em>Custom Made Records</em></p>

<p>UR-104581</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tempotr-608-b.mp3" title="Tempo TR-608-B: Ben Light, Cocktails for Two">COCKTAILS FOR TWO</a> (2:47)<br />
(Coslow-Johnston)<br />
Opposite Side: <strong>When Day Is Done</strong><br />
<em>Featuring The Lightning Fingers Of</em><br />
BEN LIGHT At The STEINWAY<br />
HERB KERN At The HAMMOND<br />
Lloyd Sloop At The Novachord<br />
And<br />
Gail Laughton&#8217;s Harp</p>

<p>TR-608-B</p>

<p><em>(One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the &#8216;net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I&#8217;ve cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won&#8217;t be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.)</em></p>
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		<title>RCA Victor 10-3300: Mario Lanza, &#8216;The Loveliest Night of the Year&#8217;/&#8217;La Donna E Mobile&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/rca-victor-10-3300-mario-lanza-the-loveliest-night-of-the-yearla-donna-e-mobile/rcavictor10-3300-a/" rel="attachment wp-att-546"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rcavictor10-3300-a-300x291.jpg" alt="Mario Lanza, The Loveliest Night of the Year" title="RCA Victor 10-3300-A" width="300" height="291" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-546" align="right" /></a> RED SEAL RECORD</p>

<p>&#8220;HIS MASTER&#8217;S VOICE&#8221;<br />
<strong>RCA VICTOR</strong></p>

<p>For best results use RCA Victor Needles<br />
10-3300-A<br />
(49-3300-A)</p>

<p>Aaronson<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rcavictor10-3300-a.mp3" title="RCA Victor 10-3300-A: Mario Lanza, The Loveliest Night of the Year">THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR</a> (3:16)<br />
(From the MGM film &#8220;The Great Caruso&#8221;)<br />
(Words by Paul Francis Webster)<br />
MARIO LANZA, <em>Tenor</em><br />
RCA Victor Orchestra<br />
Constantine Callinicos,<br />
Conductor</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/rca-victor-10-3300-mario-lanza-the-loveliest-night-of-the-yearla-donna-e-mobile/rcavictor10-3300-b/" rel="attachment wp-att-547"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rcavictor10-3300-b-296x300.jpg" alt="Mario Lanza, La Donna E Mobile" title="RCA Victor 10-3300-B" width="296" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-547" align="right" /></a> RED SEAL RECORD</p>

<p>&#8220;HIS MASTER&#8217;S VOICE&#8221;<br />
<strong>RCA VICTOR</strong></p>

<p>For best results use RCA Victor Needles<br />
10-3300-B<br />
(49-3300-B)</p>

<p>Verdi<br />
Rigoletto: Act IV<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rcavictor10-3300-b.mp3" title="RCA Victor 10-3300-B: Mario Lanza, La Donna E Mobile">LA DONNA E MOBILE</a> (1:40)<br />
(Woman Is Fickle)</p>

<p>MARIO LANZA, <em>Tenor</em><br />
RCA Victor Orchestra<br />
Constantine Callinicos,<br />
Conductor</p>

<p><em>(This record has a chunk taken out of it, so each of these selections is missing a few seconds from the beginning of the track.)</em></p>

<p><em>(One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the &#8216;net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I&#8217;ve cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won&#8217;t be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.)</em></p>
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		<title>RCA Victor 10-1561: Mario Lanza, &#8216;Be My Love&#8217;/&#8217;I&#8217;ll Never Love You&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the 'net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I've cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won't be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/rca-victor-10-1561-a-mario-lanza-be-my-loveill-never-love-you/rcavictor10-1561-a/" rel="attachment wp-att-537"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rcavictor10-1561-a-300x292.jpg" alt="Mario Lanza, Be My Love" title="RCA Victor 10-1561-A" width="300" height="292" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-537" align="right" /></a> RED SEAL RECORD</p>

<p>&#8220;HIS MASTER&#8217;S VOICE&#8221;<br />
<strong>RCA VICTOR</strong></p>

<p>For best results use RCA Victor Needles<br />
10-1561-A<br />
(49-1353-A)</p>

<p>Nicholas Broadszky<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rcavictor10-1561-a.mp3" title="RCA Victor 10-1561-A: Mario Lanza, Be My Love">BE MY LOVE</a> (3:31)<br />
(from the M-G-M film, &#8220;Toast of New Orleans&#8221;)<br />
(Words by Sammy Cahn)</p>

<p>MARIO LANZA, <em>Tenor</em><br />
with Orchestra, Jeff Alexander Choir<br />
Ray Sinatra, Conductor</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/rca-victor-10-1561-a-mario-lanza-be-my-loveill-never-love-you/rcavictor10-1561-b/" rel="attachment wp-att-538"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rcavictor10-1561-b-300x293.jpg" alt="Mario Lanza, I&#039;ll Never Love You" title="RCA Victor 10-1561-B" width="300" height="293" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-538" align="right" /></a> RED SEAL RECORD</p>

<p>&#8220;HIS MASTER&#8217;S VOICE&#8221;<br />
<strong>RCA VICTOR</strong></p>

<p>For best results use RCA Victor Needles<br />
10-1561-B<br />
(49-1353-B)</p>

<p>Nicholas Broadszky<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rcavictor10-1561-b.mp3" title="RCA Victor 10-1561-B: Mario Lanza, I'll Never Love You">I&#8217;LL NEVER LOVE YOU</a> (3:31)<br />
(from the M-G-M film, &#8220;Toast of New Orleans&#8221;)<br />
(Words by Sammy Cahn)</p>

<p>MARIO LANZA, <em>Tenor</em><br />
with Orchestra<br />
Ray Sinatra, Conductor</p>

<p><em>(One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the &#8216;net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I&#8217;ve cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won&#8217;t be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.)</em></p>
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		<title>Decca 45008: Plehal Brothers, &#8216;Springtime Polka&#8217;/&#8217;Cuckoo Waltz&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hanscom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the 'net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I've cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won't be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/decca-45008-plehal-brothers-springtime-polkacuckoo-waltz/decca45008a/" rel="attachment wp-att-530"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/decca45008a-300x294.jpg" alt="Plehal Brothers, Springtime Polka" title="Decca 45008 A" width="300" height="294" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-530" align="right" /></a> <strong>DECCA</strong></p>

<p>(M 1)<br />
Harmonica Duet With Guitar And Bass</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decca45008a.mp3" title="Decca 45008 A: Plehal Brothers: Springtime Polka">SPRINGTIME POLKA</a> (2:21)</p>

<p>PLEHAL BROTHERS</p>

<p>45008 A</p>

<hr />

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/2010/01/28/decca-45008-plehal-brothers-springtime-polkacuckoo-waltz/decca45008b/" rel="attachment wp-att-531"><img src="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/decca45008b-300x292.jpg" alt="Plehal Brothers, Cuckoo Waltz" title="Decca 45008 B" width="300" height="292" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-531" align="right" /></a>  <strong>DECCA</strong></p>

<p>(91746)<br />
Harmonica Duet with Guitar and Bass</p>

<p><a href="http://www.michaelhanscom.com/vinylicious/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/decca45008b.mp3" title="Decca 45008 B: Plehal Brothers: Cuckoo Waltz">CUCKOO WALTZ</a> (2:38)</p>

<p>PLEHAL BROTHERS</p>

<p>45008 B</p>

<p><em>(One of many old 78s in my collection. Dates are approximated as best as possible based on the labels and what information I can find on the &#8216;net. The sound quality on these is quite variable. I&#8217;ve cleaned the worst of the pops and skips as best as I can, but these won&#8217;t be anywhere near modern fidelity. Enjoy them for what they are.)</em></p>
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