Most people take OTR to encompass old radio broadcasts, not playing of old records like Dismuke's
internet-streaming show.
That said, do some surfing at archive.org because there are also many recordings of live band remote
broadcasts, which were the common way a lot of music was broadcast back in the day. For many years,
many radio stations would not play records over the air, for a number of reasons. This changed
dramatically in the years after WWII. This was not a hard-fast rule, there were exceptions in both
legitimate licensed broadcasting as well as pirate and off-shore broadcasting.
So, a show like Dismuke's probably wouldn't exist under the lexicon of OTR.
By the way, in the perfect world, the major copyright owners (megaglomerate music companies) would
happily and wholeheartedly fund a multi-hour weekly series for NPR hosted by Dismuke or someone like
him highlighting all these gems from their vaults. The sponsorship annoucements could tell listeners
to go to a special "store" at Amazon or the like to buy the reissue CD's of whatever is available in
that format. This would take a different vault-management style than has been shown in recent years.
-- Tom Fine
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From: "Lou Judson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] OTR online?
Thanks Tom. Those are good, but what I really meant was more people
like Dismuke who program old music currently - with commentary and
the like...
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Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
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On Jan 1, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
> There is a ton of stuff at www.archive.org. Search on old radio first to get a general listing,
> then get as specific as you like.
>
> Also, a listmember runs:
> www.oldtimeradioonmp3.com
> the sound quality level of his MP3 is very high.
>
> And of course Radio Spirits has a website.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Judson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:12 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] OTR online?
>
>
> I would love to have a listing of all the OTR links available. Been
> enjoying Dismuke, WAMU Hot Jazz Saturday Night, and would love to
> have links handy from our good radio people here!
>
> Thanks very much and Happy New Year - may it be a good one (not to
> mention better!),
>
> Lou
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