Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #55
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Date: 2/19/2005 10:20 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 55
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Fwd: Elvis Presley 1954-1955          [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Cincy Info Here!                      [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      NBC Red and Blue                      [ "Steven Jones" <stevpj@[removed]; ]
      Segovia on Radio                      [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      The Magnificent Montague              [ David Loftus <dloft59@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:27:08 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fwd: Elvis Presley 1954-1955
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    My name is Fabris [removed],38 years [removed]'m studying,and loving
    Elvis Presley since I was 11 years old.

    Specifically I'm an Elvis researcher expecially on the early [removed]
    particularly
    like the Louisiana Hayride,Opry,Saturday Night Country Style days,Opry shows
    and so I started doing researches on this and trying to meet and interview
    as much
    people as I could.

    Researches who took me in many places in the world and recently at Library
    of Congress in Washington to dig through 16" AFRTS discs they have there of
    some Hayride Shows and Saturday Night Country Style,but alas! no early Elvis
    recordings there .......

    Mainly all these researches are in relation to a book/CD project for the
    Elvis
    fan club network I've been asked to [removed]'s a 3/4 CD 200 pages book about
    Elvis stay at SUN records done by Ernst Jorgensen which I'm now helping
    detailing the period
    from July of 1954 through the end of [removed] is BMG chief at Elvis music
    archive.

    The book will consist of more than 400 early photos - half of them
    previously unpublished. It's not an attempt of once again write the story of
    Elvis Presley, but more a collection of information, photos, memorabilia and
    stories shared by fans who
    where there at the time. The book will not deal in gossip or other
    unpleasant material
    it's all about the innocence of the time and the impact of Elvis'music.

    We are trying to document every single show Elvis did, and we have
    come fairly close. So I'm looking for photos,recordings from Louisiana
    Hayride
    or Opry,or any live radio gig or interview .... ANYTHING IS WELCOME
    FROM THE 50s!!

    And I'm doing researches on 16" AFRTS discs produced on Saturday
    Night Country Style (Ref END 536) and Hayride (Ref END 658).We know for
    sure many were produced (more than 969 on Hayride) but I'd like to know if
    you've
    lists of songs or broadcasts,if you've tapes or metal stampers in your
    [removed] is welcome.

    Any 'old' DJ out there working for AFN radios at the time,working to produce
    discs,anyone with infos or tapes or discs (.....).WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW
    WHERE YOU GET THOSE BUT ONLY COPIES TO SHARE WITH THE ELVIS FANS AND THE
    [removed]
    AND WE'RE READY TO PAY FOR THIS OF [removed]

    As told I located some at the Library of Congress and listened to them but
    no Elvis songs were on [removed]

    Of course I took all of matrix numbers of the discs I heard and
    made also photographs so I could send them to you if you wish just to take a
    look.

    I have some lists of bases where AFRTS Los Angeles sent the discs but I'd
    really appreciate your help.

    As told another interesting info would be to have connections to DJ working
    in those radios overseas or in the Navy who got also those [removed]

    Or maybe archivists working in the bases like Mrs Gisela Breitkopf (she died
    recently alas!)
    in [removed]

    Have you early Elvis unreleased material in your archives ?
    Could we study an agreement to use them?

    Have you ever come across people owning early Elvis gigs recordings or
    photos?

    I have a complete list of all dates when Elvis [removed] I could
    send you a complete sketch after your answer.

    Hope to hear from you soon and that this is not too much of an
    intrusion.

    Pls answer me on my home e-mail plcpf@[removed]

    Sincerely yours

    Fabris [removed] Elvis researcher

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:26:36 -0500
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincy Info Here!

    I've posted the brochure for the 19th Annual Cincinnati Old-time Radio
    and Nostalgia Convention on my web site, including a reservation form you
    can print out.  (Sorry my scanner could not handle the photos very well).

    Access the information here:  [removed]

    See you in Cincy, April 15 and 16!

    ---Dan

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:03:51 -0500
    From: "Steven Jones" <stevpj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  NBC Red and  Blue

    Many  thanks to everyone who has suggested books that contain information
    about NBC. I've ordered a couple but it's such a shame that there aren't any
    devoted exclusively to a detailed history of the network. Until there is
    such a book, I'll continue to ask about the things I'm most curious about
    here if that's OK.

    One question I have concerns the supplemental stations, that could be fed
    either a Red or Blue network programme. What I would like to know is what
    happened to these stations after the Blue Network became a separate company
    from NBC but still within RCA. Were these stations divided up between the
    two networks, or did they all become Red network stations? The later would
    have left NBC with a bigger network than the Blue, but I suppose would also
    have made the Blue Network less attractive to many potential buyers.

    A third possibility could be that the stations were given a choice at this
    stage whether to join the Red on a permanent basis or go with the Blue and
    eventually become a competitor of NBC.

    Anybody know what really happened?

    Many thanks

    Steve

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:04:29 -0500
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Segovia on Radio

>     02-18-1894 - Andres Segovia - Linares, Spain - d. 6-2-1987
>     classical guitarist: "The Magic Key"; "Theatre [removed]"; "Concert Hall"

    Do any of these shows with Segovia on them survive? If anybody has any
    to trade, give away or sell, please contact me off list.

    Kermyt

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:05:13 -0500
    From: David Loftus <dloft59@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Magnificent Montague

    I was pleased to see someone mention "The Magnificent Montague" this past
    week. I have never seen that show discussed anywhere else, nor are episodes
    featured on any of the OTR collections on cassette and CD that are available
    at the local library. I heard maybe a dozen episodes on the Armed Forces
    Network out of Frankfurt around 1970 (not sure when it dates from, but I'd
    guess the mid to late 1950s?), and found the show immensely enjoyable.

    For those unfamiliar with it, Monty Wooley played an aging Shakespearean
    stage actor who has been forced by the times to do a radio show called "Uncle
    Goodheart" -- a schmaltzy, advice-giving character who has tons of loyal fans
    -- that he can't help despising. Montague is a natural grouch forced to
    pretend to be a warm, loving, avuncular personage because his radio show is a
    hit. Of course he longs for the good old days on the boards.

    The other regulars on the show were his wife, a pleasant and sincere sort,
    and Agnes the maid, a sharp-tongued gal who takes none of his guff. At the
    station, Montague often showers sarcastic barbs (usually misread and
    therefore harmless) on his director, a goofy-voiced shlemiel named Mr.
    Zinsser, I think -- and the more blustery sponsor whose name escapes me.

    It was a terrific show, and given Wooley's performance on it, and his triumph
    in the movie of "The Man Who Came to Dinner," I'm surprised that he was not
    better known, at least as far as I've seen.

    David Loftus
    Portland, Oregon

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