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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 386

Table Of Contents: 

	 Eileen Palmer
	 W9FJL: Longine Symphonette, Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra
	 L and R channel recordings
	 PSO recordings
	 Adventures in Collection Agencies

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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 10:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Eileen Palmer
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	A listener dropped by the station last night and gave me a photo
of his mother and a letter.  He is seeking any programs she may have 
appeared on.  She is Eileen Palmer, who at one point was married to Les
Tremaine before he went to Hollywood.  She presently suffers from 
Parkinson's disease, and has lost her voice.
All of her listings in the main references put her in soap operas, but 
her son tells me also made a great gun moll and appeared on Gangbusters 
and Mr District Attorney, as well as the following soaps:

Backstage Wife as Goldie
Lonely Women as Judith Evans
Road to Life as Frances Brent (the lead was Dr Brent, don't know the 
relationship; wife, daughter?)
Scattergood Baines as Mrs Black (mother of SB's adopted son who schemed 
to get him back).

Does anyone have any of these shows? Thanks in advance for any leads.  Max
  

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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:28:05 EDT
From: w9fjl@[removed] (RICHARD S. FISHER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: W9FJL: Longine Symphonette, Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
From: W9FJL
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Longine Symphonette, Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 14:57:17 PST
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I had great response on Bell Telephone Hour and Music Till Dawn so
decided to try my other two programs which interest very few people.

I have a few copies of each show thanks again to the extra effort and
lots of hard work of Ted Davenport.  I cannot thank him enough for his
efforts.  

Are there any more copies of these programs out there?  I would
especially like to find a sponsored Phil Spitalny show.  Mine are off
AFRS.

You will notice I am not in all caps anymore.  Sorry for the fax pax - I
didn't know.

Thanks again for the help on the other shows I was looking for and hope I
may luck out again.


I do like many many other shows but they are easier to find and these
shows are not my only interest.


Dick Fisher
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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 14:14:51 -0400
From: Platecap@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: L and R channel recordings
Message-ID: <961012141451_1212316042@[removed]>

John Hale posed a question about use of a Y adapter to record OTR on a
cassette deck (so both left and right channels would contain audio of the OTR
shows).

"Y" adapters are notorious sources of trouble, intermittent static, noise or
complete failure.  Unless John's cassette deck itself has a problem the
adapter is undoubtedly the source of his problem.

It is not unusual for one to be defective right out of the package, or to
fail soon after purchased.

I would recommend John return the adapter and get a replacement.

My recommendation is to buy only high quality name brand cables and adapters.
 Switchcraft, for example, is highly recommended and readily available
through electronic supply houses like Newark Electronics and Mouser
Electronics.  While Radio Shack these days makes some excellent products and
(in some cases) has good value, I'm *not* a very big fan of their patch cords
and adapters.  It's hit or miss as far as whether you get a "good one" or
not.  The advantage is of course, they have so many convenient neighborhood
stores and generally very accomodating as far as returns.  I worked for the
"Shack" in a manager capacity for a few months several years ago.

-Bob Burnham;  BRC Productions;  Platecap@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 21:16:31 -0500
From: "...." <jsalerno@[removed]>
To: "'OTR LIST'" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: PSO recordings
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Does anyone know of a source or have any live recordings of the Pittsburg Symphony from the late 40s when Fritz Reiner was the conductor?

If so please contact me directly.

Thanks,

Joe Salerno
jsalerno@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 01:11:40 -0400
From: Kubelski@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Adventures in Collection Agencies
Message-ID: <961013011139_125371749@[removed]>

I'm a little behind in reading my digests, but let me say that I'm as excited
as anyone about new Jack Benny shows appearing, especially the buying
shoelaces episode.

Two bad it has to come from Adventures in Cassettes.  I have some advice from
any of our members who do business with this company:  it isn't worth it.

You can get almost as much variety, and much better service and prices by
trading with other list members.  I've had great luck with several trades
with Arlene Osborne and Steve Darnall, and Tom Martin's list has to be lifted
to be believed (and one-off trades with several other list members).

You don't need AIC for anything.  Unless you are a masochist, as an
experience with the company by a friend of mine proves.

They don't fill orders on time.  My friend's first and only order from the
company was promised at 4 weeks.  It didn't show up until 8 or so, and by
then he had cancelled the order and replaced it with a larger order.  Their
shipping department didin't communicate with the orders department, so the
company SENT A COLLECTION AGENT AFTER HIM TO COLLECT FOR THE CANCELLED ORDER
EVEN THOUGH HE CALLED THE ORDER DEPARTMENT TO SAY IT WAS BEING RETURNED.  In
fact, it was the company that suggested mailing the original order back and
paying for the second one.

The collection agent, of course, didn't accept this explanation, and attempts
to get the responsible person from AIC on the phone were fruitless.

The only reason my friend's credit wasn't ruined on the spot was because the
collection agent only had his college address, and couldn't find him after he
graduated and so the whole issue was dropped (presumably, the way he
described the collection agent, they would probably get right back on the
ball these 5-10 years later if they had the chance).

So like I said, for prompt, courteous and accurate service, trade with list
members.  Don't patronize AIC.  They are lazy, disorganized, vindictive and
elusive when their customers point out these characteristics to them.

This may be percieved as a flame by some, but the absolute defense against
libel is the truth, and the above experience is literally true.  So this
isn't any more of a flame than calling the Empire State Building Tall or
calling Richard Nixon a liar. It's a historical fact, and those who ignore
history are doomed to repeat its mistakes (or something like that).

Sean Dougherty




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