bruce talbot

Sid Fields Plays Golf? Haven't heard it in decades...."Slowly back....."

Any Gracie Fields? Could trade unopened Pharaoh Sanders LPs

Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Bella Abzug

King Carol King Zog King Alfonso 13

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Sam Houston John Huston William Faulkner

Teddy the Toad Morris Levy Pee Wee Marquette

Ma Rainey Sue Raney Ran Blake

Van Alexander Alex Hill Teddy Hill

Frank Barber Bill Barber Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson

Shecky Green Irwin Corey Henny Youngman

Shecky Green Irwin Corey Henny Youngman

Phil Sunkel Kel Murray Murray Williams

Emlyn Williams Cootie Williams Scooter Libby

How're you fixed for any 'Dad & Dave from Snake Gully'?

There's a great album with Rowles, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker recorded at 'Sea Cliff' New York (wherever that is) The recording quality is poor, the piano is out of tune, but Zoot's performance of 'Dream Dancing' is ethereal. 'Dream Dancing' was the title of the DJM LP I have - apparently it was originally released as 'Zoot's Party' on Choice it's also listed as 'Gettin' Sentimental' on a Candid CD

Record companies in Britain freely agreed to a 50 year copyright term, back in the 1950s - they were doing well with new releases and current artists and couldn't imagine that anyone would be interested in stuff made in the 1900s.... Now, of course, the perspective is different particularly given that none of them are ever likely to own the rights to 'talent' that will earn like the Beatles, the Stones, Dylan, Elvis etc etc , in the future. Whether they will bother about old recordings may be doubtful: When I ran the Smithsonian label in the 90s I created a boxed Blues set that was very successful - to the extent that someone produced a knock-off - even down to the color and design of the box. The material on our set was licensed through SONY and I ascertained from Business Affairs that the other set was a bootleg. It contained recordings owned by many companies including SONY, and even some stuff that was not even PD in Europe. (The set was produced and manufactured in the US) Eventually the Head of Business Affairs at SONY told me that they would be taking no action - 'it wouldn't be worth the expense' They may have sent a 'cease and desist' letter, I can't remember, but the set was out there and continued to sell at half the price of ours for a long time. I may be whistling in the dark but I can't really see the majors getting heavy over some 1925 recordings by Ladd's Black Aces, ferinstance. (Actually they don't even know what they might purport to own.) It would however be nice if legislation included a performance clause. If, after a agreed length of time, they choose not to reissue something then others would be free to do so.

Crazy Furer Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus Paracelsus Tiny Parham Truck Parham Tony Parenti

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sorry Allen - I misunderstood - I thought the eleven bucks was an inducement for someone to take the Coleman.

Not till it becomes the 51st state. heh heh! with Milestones, Sketches of Spain, Kinda Blue etc etc to go PD in the next couple of years....not to mention Elvis....

Engelbert Dollfuss Fussy Mabel Belle de Jour

Phineas Newborne Baby Leroy Baby Dodds

Archbishop of Canterury Baby Eating Bishop of Bath & Wells Deaconess of Detroit chainsaw death riot Baphomet bishop android andrew loog oldham karl luger irv kluger Kluger furs stefan karl from lazytown Hamlet Hamiett Bluett Kitty Bluett Ted Ray(!) X-Ray Man Cat Woman Blue Angels Angela Merkel Una Merkle Guy Kibbee

Archbishop of Canterury Baby Eating Bishop of Bath & Wells Deaconess of Detroit chainsaw death riot Baphomet bishop android andrew loog oldham karl luger irv kluger Kluger furs stefan karl from lazytown Hamlet Hamiett Bluett Kitty Bluett Ted Ray(!)