Very reasonably priced at AbeBooks. "Spoken Records" by Helen Roach.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts... and poetry
> There was one many years ago by Helen Roach. It included much other spoken
> stuff and was discographically strange but listed many records. Maybe 1965
> or so.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Stern" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts... and poetry
>
>
>> Is there a discography of recorded poetry?
>> It seems there were quite a few 78's (The RCA Edna St.Vincent Millay set
>> (which was reissued by Caedmon on lp), and other
>> anthologies on LP - a box set on Gryphon, the Spoken Arts series). During
>> the LP era many recordings on Caedmon, RCA, Decca (Yale Recorded Poets
>> series), etc.
>> If I remember correctly the Harvard series was on cassette tapes - did
>> they ever come out on LP/CD?
>> Thanks.
>> Best wishes, Thomas.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Don Share wrote:
>>
>>>Don't forget the old Harvard Vocarium: Pound, Eliot, Jeffers, Auden, et
>>>al.,
>>>which is part of the formidable poetry audio archive here at Harvard.
>>>Some of
>>>these were issued in the cassette set, "The Poet's Voice." These days,
>>>we're
>>>digitizing things, delivering some by the web when we have permission, and
>>>of
>>>course, many of our recordings appear in such things as "Poetry Speaks,"
>>>the
>>>Random House "Voice of the Poet" series, "Poets on Record," and so on.
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>
>>>Don Share, Ph.D.
>>>Curator of Poetry in the G.E. Woodberry Poetry Room
>>>Lamont Library
>>>Harvard University
>>>Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
>>>Telephone: (617) 495-2454
>>>Fax: (617) 495-1376
>>>
>>>Poetry Room information:
>>>http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/poetry_room.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Quoting ARSCLIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>There are 11 messages totalling 737 lines in this issue.
>>>>
>>>>Topics of the day:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Spoken Arts records (8)
>>>> 2. Folkways 78s
>>>> 3. Crosley Radio (2)
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:58:50 -0400
>>>>From: Richard Warren <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>
>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>
>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>
>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:22:36 -0400
>>>>From: Steve Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Folkways 78s
>>>>
>>>>:
>>>>
>>>> From Library of Congress SONIC:
>>>>
>>>>1 Folkways 1045 A (78A) *Title:* Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses,
>>>>chapter 2 ; Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses, chapter 2
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: Read by Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan in Sanskrit
>>>>2 Folkways 1436 (78A) *Title:* Ile-ile ; Tari piring sadang lawas /
>>>>Tumba lela-lelan
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: Dinjanikan Oleh: Ropaoen Batoebara; Orkest: Sinondang Sipirok
>>>>3 Folkways 01440 (78A) *Title:* 1. Pile pied'm (Ibo dance song). 2.
>>>>M'pas bwe m'pas mange (work song) ; 1. Ogoun Balindjo (invocation). 2.
>>>>Ezilie Wedo (invocation)
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau, Ti Yogan; 1. Chorus,
>>>>drums. 2. with mortar sounds
>>>>4 Folkways 01442 (78A) *Title:* 1. Mainin'm alle (Congo drum song).
>>>>2. Cote yo, cote yo (Mais dance song) ; 1. Crapeau Tingele (play song).
>>>>2. Balance ya ya (play song). 3 Trois fe (social criticism)
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Ti Yogan, Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau; 1. with
>>>>drums 2. with bamboo stampers and irons
>>>>5 Folkways 01443 (78A) *Title:* 1. Spirit conversation. 2. General
>>>>Brise (Quitta dance song) ; 1. Mayousse (carnival song) 2. Paulette
>>>>(romantic song)
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Cult priest at Leogane. 2. Lafrance Belvue, with chorus,
>>>>drums
>>>>6 Folkways 1201/1202 (78A) *Title:* Who built America: Auction block
>>>>; The boll weavil ; Chisholm trail ; Jesse James ; Who built America: Mi
>>>>chacra ; Schluf mine kind ; Salangadou ; Kleine Junges ; So long, been
>>>>good to know you
>>>>*Date:*
>>>>*Name(s)*: Bill Bonyun
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Rob Poretti wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I don't know if he's on this list but Pete Reineger at
>>>>>Smithsonian/Folkways
>>>>>
>>>>might be able
>>>>
>>>>>to help you here... I don't think he would mind if I shared his address
>>>>>for
>>>>>
>>>>this type of
>>>>
>>>>>query...
>>>>>
>>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>>Rob Poretti
>>>>>Sascom - Toronto
>>>>>vox.905.825.5373 fax.905.469.1129 cel.905.580.2467
>>>>>www.sascom.com www.cube-tec.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>>>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Stern
>>>>>>Sent: April 18, 2007 7:11 PM
>>>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Folkways 78s
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There were some very early Folkways 78rpm releases - Bill
>>>>>>Bonyun FOL 2,
>>>>>>Leadbelly Memorial FOL 4.
>>>>>>They also were released on LP, with FOLL prefix, later FP
>>>>>>prefix (before
>>>>>>the 60's renumbering).
>>>>>>If anyone knows which OTHER titles were actually released on 78, I'd
>>>>>>appreciate as much detail as you can provide,
>>>>>>and release dates if known. Does anyone have information indicating
>>>>>>when the 78 series was discontinued?
>>>>>>Please indicate if the information is from catalogs, and you have not
>>>>>>seen the actual disks.
>>>>>>Many Thanks!!!
>>>>>>Best wishes, Thomas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:38:03 -0400
>>>>From: Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>
>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you tell
>>>>me
>>>>how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>
>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Richard Warren" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>>once
>>>>>>Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>--
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:17:23 -0400
>>>>From: Richard Warren <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>>Spoken Arts was sold to an educational-market company by Arthur Luce
>>>>Klein, who later bought back the recordings that he'd made as Spoken
>>>>Arts (I can't give you dates for those events, sorry) and carried on
>>>>as World of Words (since he'd sold the company name, too). Effective
>>>>July 5, 2001 World of Words and Yale University agreed to establish
>>>>the Arthur and Luce Klein Spoken Arts Audio Collection in HSR, which
>>>>included nearly all the master tapes made for the Spoken Arts label
>>>>and various related paper materials. Preservation projects and
>>>>arrangements to make many of the recordings accessible are under way.
>>>>
>>>>Please feel free to ask questions if that's not enough for your data
>>>>base.
>>>>
>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>
>>>>At 10:38 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>>tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>>>
>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>
>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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>>>>>>4/19/2007 5:32 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:38:42 -0500
>>>>From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>A paid obit in the NYTimes contains the names of his children whom you
>>>>may be able to contact:
>>>>If you are able to obtain information concerning the current status of
>>>>the Spoke Arts recordings,
>>>>I would like to know. There are some worthy recordings in the catalog
>>>>which should be made available.
>>>>Best wishes, Thomas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> KLEIN, DR. ARTHUR LUCE
>>>>
>>>>published: April 14, 1997
>>>>
>>>>KLEIN-Dr. Arthur Luce, born March 31, 1916, to Joseph Klein and Jennie
>>>>Kallish, in Carbondale, PA, died of a heart attack on April 7, 1997, in
>>>>New Rochelle. Dr. Klein was an actor, director, and consumate raconteur.
>>>>He founded Spoken Arts Inc., the distinguished recording company which
>>>>was among the earliest ventures devoted to the preservation of the
>>>>voices of contemporary poets and novelists, as well as to literary and
>>>>educational recordings. Dr. Klein earned his bachelor's, master's, and
>>>>doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was a
>>>>captain in the Army Signal Corps during WWII. Among the beneficiaries of
>>>>Dr Klein's generous philanthropy were the Sound Shore Medical Center of
>>>>Westchester, the New Rochelle Boys' Club, and the police and fire
>>>>departments of New Rochelle, NY. He is survived by his wife Luce; his
>>>>children, Judith E. Klein of Manhattan, Florence Klein of Santa Barbara,
>>>>CA, Joel Klein of Baltimore, MD, and Rosine Klein of New Rochelle, NY;
>>>>seven grandchildren; and his sister Sylvia Meil of Scranton, PA.
>>>>Services were held at Temple Israel of New Rochelle on Thursday, April
>>>>10th. He was a unique personality who touched many with his creative
>>>>fire, his love, and his courageous insistence to always live to the
>>>>fullest despite obstacles life offers. We will miss him and we pray that
>>>>he finds peace and comfort with the Most High.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>My "in perpetual progress" "Who Owns It" database gives Arthur Luce
>>>>>Klein as the owner, at 59 Locust Av, New Rochelle, NY. Alas! This is
>>>>>in 1972.
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
>>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:16 PM
>>>>>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>>once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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>>>>>>4/18/2007 7:39 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:01:31 -0500
>>>>From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
>>>>(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
>>>>recorded poetry which was drawn
>>>>from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
>>>>SA).
>>>>Thanks, Thomas.
>>>>
>>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>>tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>>>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date:
>>>>>>4/19/2007 5:32 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:37:19 -0400
>>>>From: Alex Kogan <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>Sorry to bother you, but it's been so long since I sent a message to the
>>>>entire list that I forgot how to do it. Would you remind me of how?
>>>>Many
>>>>thanks.
>>>>
>>>>Alex Kogan
>>>>Showcase Productions, Inc.
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Thomas Stern" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:01 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
>>>>>(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
>>>>>recorded poetry which was drawn
>>>>>from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
>>>>>SA).
>>>>>Thanks, Thomas.
>>>>>
>>>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>>>tell
>>>>>>me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>>>>once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>>>>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date:
>>>>>>>4/19/2007
>>>>>>>5:32 AM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:09:47 -0400
>>>>From: Alex Kogan <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>Since I got a copy of my previous message, it appears that the way to
>>>>send a
>>>>message is to do it as a reply, so here goes:
>>>>
>>>>Dear ARCLIST members,
>>>>
>>>>At the suggestion of Jane Klain, at the Museum of Television and Radio, I
>>>>am
>>>>asking all of you for help in locating kinescope materials for the
>>>>following
>>>>important live dramatic anthology programs which were packaged and
>>>>produced
>>>>by our company, Showcase Productions, Inc., for NBC's Producers' Showcase
>>>>series. (The full story is at www.showcaseproductions.com) NBC
>>>>recognizes
>>>>us as the copyright owner, and has signed a number of access agreements
>>>>to
>>>>materials for these programs. While we have whatever ownership rights NBC
>>>>had, our interest is in getting access so that we can work our kinescope
>>>>digital mastering and restoration magic; we will return both the
>>>>materials
>>>>and a first-rate digital clone of our master. If any of you have any
>>>>concerns about our rights, rest assured that you can check with NBC, the
>>>>MT&R, and (we hope, if they didn't lose the paperwork I sent them) the
>>>>LOC,
>>>>and that we will furnish copies of the documents to you. The missing
>>>>programs,all from the Producers' Showcase series, are
>>>>
>>>>I. PROGRAMS WITH PARTIAL MATERIALS
>>>>
>>>>1. "ROSALINDA" (7/23/56) - Edwin Lester Los Angeles-San Francisco Light
>>>>Opera Association, produced by Edwin Lester, directed by Bob Banner,
>>>>music
>>>>by Johnann Strauss (Fledermaus), written by Sid Kuller, from the Max
>>>>Reinhardt-Erich Korngold version of "Die Fledermaus), book by Gottfried
>>>>Reinhardt and John Mechan Jr., lyrics by Paul Kerby and Sid Kuller,
>>>>choreography by Todd Bolender, design by Oliver Smith, with Cyril
>>>>Ritchard,
>>>>Jean Fenn, Sig Arno, Wiere Brothers, Lois Hunt, Robert Wright, Thomas
>>>>Hayward, Ralph Dumke. We hve the mag track but no video.
>>>>
>>>>II. NO MATERIALS YET LOCATED
>>>>
>>>>2. "REUNION IN VIENNA" (4/4/55) - 1931 smash hit Broadway play by Robert
>>>>E.
>>>>Sherwood, adapted for television by David Shaw, produced by Fred Coe,
>>>>Guest
>>>>Producer Jean Dalrylmple, directed by Vincent Donehue, Associate Director
>>>>Dominick Dunne, sets by Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Guy Kent; story of
>>>>banished Austrian archduke who returns to Vienna for reunion of the old
>>>>nobility and reunites with his former love, now married to a
>>>>psychoanalyst;
>>>>stars Greer Garson, Brian Aherne, Peter Lorre, Cathleen Nesbitt, Lili
>>>>Darvis, Herbert Berghof, George Voskovec, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert
>>>>Flemyng,
>>>>Tamara Daykarhanova, and Gene Saks in a bit part as a waiter
>>>>
>>>>3. "THE KING AND MRS. CANDLE" (4/22/55) - musical play based on Sumner
>>>>Locke
>>>>Elliott's original television play originally presented on Philco
>>>>Television
>>>>Playhouse on 4/18/54, produced by Fred Coe, directed by Arthur Penn,
>>>>written
>>>>by Sumner Locke Elliott, dances choreographed by Tony Charmoli, music by
>>>>Moose Charlap, lyrics by Chuck Sweeny; two songs (Young Ideas, What is
>>>>the
>>>>Secret of Your Success? recorded by RCA; deposed king of Brandovia, whose
>>>>inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by
>>>>neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earns a
>>>>living as a dancing instructor, pursued by his former royal fiancee w
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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