The REALLY eerie thing about this discovery was that a Vernon Dalhart record entitled - "The Wreck of the A J Goddard" was found along with the Len Spencer record... proving that Vernon was a time traveler!!! The crew got so depressed listening to the fortelling of their misfortune, that they actually scuttled the steamship.
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:30:20 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] shipwrecked phonograph and records > > "We're headed for the bottom, boys... put on the Len Spencer!" > > ;) > Loran > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:59 PM, John Maeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > That comment about the phonograph playing galled me, too. Very reckless > > scholarship IMHO. Does she visualize that a ship that size sank in less > > than 1:30! LOL! > > > >> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:07:57 -0700 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] shipwrecked phonograph and records > >> > >> I think to someone like this researcher, who seems not to be aware that > >> these records sold in the thousands, they must seem like rare gems. > >> And that line about perhaps they were playing the phonograph as the ship > >> went down, I think that's the last thing I'd be doing at a moment like > >> that! > >> John Robles > >> > >> --- On Mon, 3/28/11, David Dazer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> From: David Dazer <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] shipwrecked phonograph and records > >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 2:41 PM > >> > >> Very interesting. Seems silly to try to "recapture" the old sounds, since > >> the records were mass produced. Surely if the titles can be identified, > >> similar records could be found. Or, am I not understanding something? > >> Dave > >> > >> --- On Mon, 3/28/11, Andrew Baron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> From: Andrew Baron <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [Phono-L] shipwrecked phonograph and records > >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 5:19 PM > >> > >> Did anyone catch this? > >> http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Shipwrecked+music/4509626/story.html > >> > >> Andy Baron > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
