[Phono-L] Lindbergh recordings

[Andrew Baron]

Thanks, Douglas for this tip.

Andy
On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Douglas Houston wrote:

> I have been able to get a couple of the Lindbergh records. I believe  
> that one was a 10 inch, and another a 12 inch. They were all taken  
> from the NBC network lines. If you've never heard Graham McNamee  
> before, you'll hear him on these discs! He was the champion  
> commentator, doing the color on the Lindbergh arrival, as well as  
> doing a lot of sports coverage.  His oratorical, terse, delivery  
> died in the early thirties.
>
> While I understand that the issue here is records, if you want to  
> see actual footage, with the McNamee sound dubbed (synchronized  
> motion picture was a few months in the future that month),  look  
> into the movie:"Lindbergh's Great Race". I have it, and you'll find  
> that there must have been thousands of feet of film coverage, of  
> Lindbergh's flight, and all of the activity in Europe, and then, at  
> the reviewing stand in DC. You'll see the Cruiser Memphis, that  
> brought him home, and all of the pomp and ceremony that resulted  
> from his flight. I feel that this is the best display of Lindbergh's  
> activity that ever there has been. You'll hear all of the sound on  
> the movie, that Victor recorded, and more.
>
> Maybe some day, I to, might have all of the records, but I'm happy  
> with the movie. It's a lot cheaper than some of these recordings  
> have gone fore at auctions!
>
>
> Douglas Houston
> cdh041 at earthlink.net
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