Thanks Kohji-san! You, sir, are responsible for an invaluable treasure with your Mercury discography
website.
Here is more information on the Byron Janis documentary:
http://www.peterrosenproductions.com/productions/byronjanis/
and here is WQED Pittsburgh's press release about the film:
http://www.wqed.org/pressroom/files/the_byron_janis_story.pdf
It aired on many other PBS stations, and is available as a DVD via Amazon-affiliated sellers:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Byron-Janis-Story-Emanuel/dp/B00462NFXW/tomslinx
Byron's life is very interesting and his grit and stoicism is admirable. His trips to Russia were
ground-breaking and created much good will among the common folks of both nations.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury in Moscow, 1962
> Wow, what an invaluable treasure of footage! Thanks a million Tom-san for
> letting us know!
>
> Kohji
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> This is the raw CBS News footage of Mercury's 1962 recording trip to
>> Moscow:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=LsZmI84PODc&feature=youtu.be<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsZmI84PODc&feature=youtu.be>
>>
>> YouTube crunching made the video somewhat jerky and freezy, but you'll get
>> the idea. Some of this footage was used in the PBS documentary about Byron
>> Janis, aired a few years ago now.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
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