I still have a flyer regarding the MGM reissues. It was printed by the
Record Hunter [Masterpieces in the Mail} and sent to me...postmark 13 March
1963.

As far as I know, the rights are owned by Universal Music. I had, at one
time, thought about reissuing them, but then I thought about the costs. I
have a terrible sounding interview with Hovhaness who mentioned that he had
to re record things since the master tapes of the MGM issues could not be
found. Yet, I have heard that the master tapes, at least of the stuff that
was not licensed by MGM are in a warehouse in Germany. I have had no
verification on this. I do have decent copies of the discs of the non
licensed material...and some of the licensed stuff. I believe all of the
non-licensed, and perhaps the licensed material, should be PD outside the
US. I think Naxos transferred (using people like Lani Spahr) some of the
discs and they can be heard at non-US urls, via the Naxos Music Library.

Karl


Karl

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:34 AM, Music Hunter <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I owned retail record stores in Manhattan from 1964-1993 and The Record
> Hunter from 1972-1993 after which I retired from the retail business.
>
> I do not remember ever knowing about MGM blue cover mail order LPs.
>
> Jay
>
> Your search for sound & video ends here!
> JAY SONIN, GENERAL MANAGER
> MUSIC HUNTER DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
> 6780 MOONLIT DRIVE
> DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33446-1632
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> 561-450-7152
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Jay,
>
> Were you at The Record Hunter when the blue-cover reissues of MGM LPs were
> being produced and sold by mail?
>
> Charles
>
> Charles Amirkhanian
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> > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Music Hunter <[log in to unmask]>
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> > http://amp.sacbee.com/latest-news/article203542104.html
> >
> >
> >
> > I remember when Tower opened in Manhattan, it was great for The Record
> > Hunter.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tower increased the awareness of our products and business boomed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >
> >
> > Your search for sound & video ends here!
> >
> > JAY SONIN, GENERAL MANAGER
> > MUSIC HUNTER DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
> >
> > 6780 MOONLIT DRIVE
> >
> > DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33446-1632
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> > 561-450-7152
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