You could interview him over the phone. Not as good as being there, but 
better than nothing, yes?

joe salerno


Michael Biel wrote:
>  On 8/18/2010 5:35 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> I work with Rainbo all the time. They pressed up my recent Jazz Man 
>> Anthology CD. I went to their warehouse to pick up my pressings and 
>> there was as much vinyl being readied to be shipped out as there was 
>> CDs and DVDs.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
> 
> The TV program had a printed note that in 2008 Rainbo's CD production 
> had gone down, and part of the interview was about how much their vinyl 
> production has been going up!
> 
> When we had the ARSC in Santa Barbara, I wish we had known that Rainbo 
> was still in business, that the original owner was still alive, and the 
> place was so close.  We should have had a tour of the place.  I would 
> have loved interviewing the old man -- there is a great article about 
> him or by him somewhere on the web that I found a few months after the 
> conference.  Among other things, Rainbo manufactured most of the WW II 
> soldier records to home blanks for Gem Blades and the USO, etc.
> 
> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
>