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The writings of two winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections will grace the pages of the upcoming ARSC Journal. In the Spring 2004 Journal, Ray Wile (Lifetime Achievement Award, 1993) shares the results of his research on the North American Phonograph Company, examining the period from 1888 to 1892. Tim Brooks (Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004) reports on the life and work of George W. Johnson, the first African-American recording "star." For the Spring issue, Brooks has compiled an annotated discography of Johnson recordings that was not included in his recently published book _Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919_. (Look for the University of Illinois Press ad in the Spring Journal, to get a discount on _Lost Sounds_.) The Journal will also include Carl Rahkonen's description of Pennsylvania State University's Samuel Bayard Collection, an essential resource of American folk music. Please note that recent issues of the ARSC Journal sell for $18 each. However, the $36 fee for Individual Membership in ARSC covers both Spring and Fall Journals, plus three ARSC Newsletters and the biennial ARSC Membership Directory. First-time subscribers may deduct $3 from their membership dues. To become a member of ARSC, visit www.arsc-audio.org and click on the "Join ARSC" button. Anna-Maria Manuel, Co-chair, ARSC Outreach Committee [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation and study of sound recordings in all formats and fields of music and speech. The Association is dedicated to serving the needs of the sound archiving and collecting communities in specialized areas of interest and activity, through its publications, annual conferences and the work of its many committees. ARSC members include: collectors, dealers, archivists, librarians, historians, musicians, students, discographers, reviewers, media producers and recording engineers. From Srsells1 Tue May 11 16:33:46 2004 From: Srsells1 ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:40 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update Message-ID: <[email protected]> You may remember that I went to see the Victor Apartments in Camden when they first opened and the building was still being renovated. I posted pictures at that time. The first tenants moved in September and today I went back to visit. The building now 100 % finished and only unfinished areas are the commercial spaces (there a "Subway" shop and a dry cleaner. You still need to go pretty far for a quart of milk! Anyway, they would not let me take photos inside but I did go up to the roof deck which is at foot of the Nipper Tower and took a few photos. The bottom two levels of the tower are used as health club - no pool, mostly exercise bikes and treadmills. The building is 50% rented (Rents now $975/mo for a studio facing downtown Camden to $2500/ for a bi-level 2 bedroom facing Philly. ). When you enter the lobby where the guard sits there is a beautiful Oak Horn Victor (a V?). It was playing. They have ONE 12 inch 78 of what sounded like Stokowski and Philly Orchestra. When prospective tenants come in they wind it up and play it. Never did find out how often they change needles! The lobby has new Nipperabilia. A bunch of plastic ones and a new dealer sign. The bookshelfs have those Readers Digest Condensed Books in every pseudo library. The Tenants Lounge is called the Caruso Room and has framed Caruso pictures, catalogs and ads on the walks. The two meeting rooms available to tenants are called the Victrola Room and the Cabinet Room. And Every apartment has a plate with the Apt # and Nipper design on it. (All they are missing is the Nipper Gift Shop!). In the halls on main floor are framed catalog covers and Xeroxes of old postcards. Anyway, I thought I'd share the 6 photos I was able to take. AOL lets me store them safely (after being scanned by Antivirus). You SHOULD be able to see at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2rtns If that doesn't work, I can send direct to folks as a .zip file. Enjoy! Steve Ramm From john9ten Tue May 11 17:04:15 2004 From: john9ten (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:40 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi Steve. You have to be an AOL member to see the pics where they are posted, so would you send them to me as a zip file please? Thanks John Robles [email protected] wrote: You may remember that I went to see the Victor Apartments in Camden when they first opened and the building was still being renovated. I posted pictures at that time. The first tenants moved in September and today I went back to visit. The building now 100 % finished and only unfinished areas are the commercial spaces (there a "Subway" shop and a dry cleaner. You still need to go pretty far for a quart of milk! Anyway, they would not let me take photos inside but I did go up to the roof deck which is at foot of the Nipper Tower and took a few photos. The bottom two levels of the tower are used as health club - no pool, mostly exercise bikes and treadmills. The building is 50% rented (Rents now $975/mo for a studio facing downtown Camden to $2500/ for a bi-level 2 bedroom facing Philly. ). When you enter the lobby where the guard sits there is a beautiful Oak Horn Victor (a V?). It was playing. They have ONE 12 inch 78 of what sounded like Stokowski and Philly Orchestra. When prospective tenants come in they wind it up and play it. Never did find out how often they change needles! The lobby has new Nipperabilia. A bunch of plastic ones and a new dealer sign. The bookshelfs have those Readers Digest Condensed Books in every pseudo library. The Tenants Lounge is called the Caruso Room and has framed Caruso pictures, catalogs and ads on the walks. The two meeting rooms available to tenants are called the Victrola Room and the Cabinet Room. And Every apartment has a plate with the Apt # and Nipper design on it. (All they are missing is the Nipper Gift Shop!). In the halls on main floor are framed catalog covers and Xeroxes of old postcards. Anyway, I thought I'd share the 6 photos I was able to take. AOL lets me store them safely (after being scanned by Antivirus). You SHOULD be able to see at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2rtns If that doesn't work, I can send direct to folks as a .zip file. Enjoy! Steve Ramm _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From john9ten Tue May 11 17:04:34 2004 From: john9ten (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:40 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> oops! Sorry for the public post!! [email protected] wrote:You may remember that I went to see the Victor Apartments in Camden when they first opened and the building was still being renovated. I posted pictures at that time. The first tenants moved in September and today I went back to visit. The building now 100 % finished and only unfinished areas are the commercial spaces (there a "Subway" shop and a dry cleaner. You still need to go pretty far for a quart of milk! Anyway, they would not let me take photos inside but I did go up to the roof deck which is at foot of the Nipper Tower and took a few photos. The bottom two levels of the tower are used as health club - no pool, mostly exercise bikes and treadmills. The building is 50% rented (Rents now $975/mo for a studio facing downtown Camden to $2500/ for a bi-level 2 bedroom facing Philly. ). When you enter the lobby where the guard sits there is a beautiful Oak Horn Victor (a V?). It was playing. They have ONE 12 inch 78 of what sounded like Stokowski and Philly Orchestra. When prospective tenants come in they wind it up and play it. Never did find out how often they change needles! The lobby has new Nipperabilia. A bunch of plastic ones and a new dealer sign. The bookshelfs have those Readers Digest Condensed Books in every pseudo library. The Tenants Lounge is called the Caruso Room and has framed Caruso pictures, catalogs and ads on the walks. The two meeting rooms available to tenants are called the Victrola Room and the Cabinet Room. And Every apartment has a plate with the Apt # and Nipper design on it. (All they are missing is the Nipper Gift Shop!). In the halls on main floor are framed catalog covers and Xeroxes of old postcards. Anyway, I thought I'd share the 6 photos I was able to take. AOL lets me store them safely (after being scanned by Antivirus). You SHOULD be able to see at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2rtns If that doesn't work, I can send direct to folks as a .zip file. Enjoy! Steve Ramm _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From tomj33 Tue May 11 21:17:52 2004 From: tomj33 (Thomas Jordan) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:40 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Steve, I would appreciate it if you would send me a zip file. Thank you. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:33 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update You may remember that I went to see the Victor Apartments in Camden when they first opened and the building was still being renovated. I posted pictures at that time. The first tenants moved in September and today I went back to visit. The building now 100 % finished and only unfinished areas are the commercial spaces (there a "Subway" shop and a dry cleaner. You still need to go pretty far for a quart of milk! Anyway, they would not let me take photos inside but I did go up to the roof deck which is at foot of the Nipper Tower and took a few photos. The bottom two levels of the tower are used as health club - no pool, mostly exercise bikes and treadmills. The building is 50% rented (Rents now $975/mo for a studio facing downtown Camden to $2500/ for a bi-level 2 bedroom facing Philly. ). When you enter the lobby where the guard sits there is a beautiful Oak Horn Victor (a V?). It was playing. They have ONE 12 inch 78 of what sounded like Stokowski and Philly Orchestra. When prospective tenants come in they wind it up and play it. Never did find out how often they change needles! The lobby has new Nipperabilia. A bunch of plastic ones and a new dealer sign. The bookshelfs have those Readers Digest Condensed Books in every pseudo library. The Tenants Lounge is called the Caruso Room and has framed Caruso pictures, catalogs and ads on the walks. The two meeting rooms available to tenants are called the Victrola Room and the Cabinet Room. And Every apartment has a plate with the Apt # and Nipper design on it. (All they are missing is the Nipper Gift Shop!). In the halls on main floor are framed catalog covers and Xeroxes of old postcards. Anyway, I thought I'd share the 6 photos I was able to take. AOL lets me store them safely (after being scanned by Antivirus). You SHOULD be able to see at this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2rtns If that doesn't work, I can send direct to folks as a .zip file. Enjoy! Steve Ramm _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From pjfraser Tue May 11 21:21:05 2004 From: pjfraser (Peter Fraser) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:40 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Apartments in Camden update In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> since the AOL-only way isn't an effective way to share it with most of us, if Steve will send me the zipfile i'll be glad to post the pix for all to freely see... On May 11, 2004, at 2:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/2rtns > > If that doesn't work, I can send direct to folks as a .zip file. > > Enjoy! > > Steve Ramm -- Peter [email protected] "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, speaking on President Wilson's crackdown on dissent after the U.S. entered W.W.I
