The NATIONAL COUNCIL of TEACHERS OF ENGLISH records are different recordings from the Caedmon.I saw some years ago at a thrift store.Can't recall if they are on RCA or are custom pressings.There was a set of them. Roger > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 22:00:39 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Decca PARNASSUS series LPs > To: [log in to unmask] > > as far as I know, CAEDMON made their own recordings (see Robert Frost issues below), not reissues of Decca. > They did reissue EDNA ST.VINCENT MILLAY reading her works from RCA 78rpm album. > > Best wishes, Thomas. > > Robert Frost 78's > B 17542 D--B 17547 D Erpi Picture Corp. > Description : 3 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in. > Series : Contemporary poets ; 9-14 > Contents : [Record 1] The runaway -- The road not taken -- Neither out far nor in deep -- Two tramps in mud time -- [Record 2] > The death of the hired man, pts. 1-2 -- [Record 3] The death of the hired man, pt. 3 -- The tuft of flowers -- A peck of gold -- > Fire and ice. > Notes : Produced by the National Council of Teachers of English. > > > Robert Frost; National Council of Teachers of English. E1-CB-1011--E1-CB-1022 1949 > Notes: "From The Complete Poems of Robert Frost" > Description: 6 sound discs : 78 rpm ; 10 in. > Contents: Birches -- > Dust of snow -- > Two tramps in mud time -- > Neither out far nor in deep -- > Mending wall -- > The runaway -- > The road not taken -- > A peck of gold -- > The death of the hired man (I & II) -- > The death of the hired man (III) -- > The onset -- > Stopping by woods on a snowy evening -- > Tree at my window -- > One step backward -- > Desert places -- > Fire and ice -- > The pasture -- > Mowing -- > After apple picking -- > The white-tailed hornet -- > Reluctance -- > The wood pile -- > The peaceful shepherd -- > A tuft of flowers -- > Nothing gold can stay. > > > > > Frost LP's include: > > LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PL 6 Recorded in 1948 > The Witch of Coos > The Mountain > Come In > Mowing > The Pasture > Reluctance > Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening > The Most of It > An Old Man�s Winter Night > Provide, Provide > The Runaway > Acquainted with the Night > Choose Something Like a Star > A Drumlin Woodchuck > Why Wait for Science > Departmental > A Considerable Speck > One Step Backward Taken > On Looking Up by Chance at the Constellation > A Soldier > The Gift Outright > Directive > > > NATIONAL COUNCIL of TEACHERS OF ENGLISH E1-LCB-1941-1944 2x10" LP circa 1952 > From the Complete poems of Robert Frost. > "Recorded and processed on vinylite by RCA Victor ; produced and distributed by the National Council of Teachers of English." > Record 1. Birches ; Reluctance ; The woodpile ; The runaway ; The road not taken ; A peck of gold ; Stopping by woods on a snowy > evening ; The death of the hired man ; The onset -- > Record 2. Mending wall ; Neither far out nor in deep ; Two tramps in mud time ; Tree at my window ; One step backward ; Desert > places ; Fire and ice ; Dust of snow ; The pasture ; Mowing ; After apple picking. The white-tailed hornet ; The peaceful shepherd > ; A tuft of flowers ; Nothing gold can stay. > > Caedmon TC 1060 Robert Frost reading a selection of his own poetry 1956 > Recorded May 21, 1956 in the author's home, Cambridge, Mass. > The Road Not Taken > The Pasture > Mowing > Birches > After Apple-Picking > The Tuft Of Flowers > My November Guest > Acquainted With The Night > Tree At My Window > West-Running Brook > Death Of A Hired Man > The witch of Coos > Mending Wall > One More Brevity > Departmental > A Considerable Speck > Why Wait For Science > Etherealizing > Provide, Provide > One Step Backward Taken > Choose Something Like A Star > Happiness Makes Up In Height > Reluctance > > Caedmon TC 1523 92nd Street Y in New York City, 1950, 1951, 1952. > An old man's winter night > The oven bird > Fire and ice > The aim was song > The runaway > Stopping by woods on a snowy evening > The need of being versed in country things > Spring pools > Once by the Pacific > A soldier > On looking up by chance at the constellations > Two tramps in mud time > A drumlin woodchuck > Desert places > Not quite social > The hardship of accounting > Come in > The gift outright > It is almost the year two thousand > The secret sits > A case for Jefferson > A cabin in the clearing > Closed for good > America is hard to see > Does no one at all ever feel this way in the least? > A masque of reason. > > > Decca DL 9033 "Robert Frost Reads The Poems of Robert Frost" > "Mending Wall", > "The Runaway", > "The Woodchuck", > "Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening", > "Provide, Provide", > "Birches", > "The Death of the Hired Man", > "Choose Something Like a Star", > "Once By the Pacific", > "The Gift Outright", > "One Step Backward Taken", > "Departmental", > "Two Tramps In Mudtime", > "A Lone Striker", > "A Considerable Speck", "Come In", > "Spring Pools", > "Closed for Good", > "A Soldier", > "Happiness Makes Up in Height", > "It is Almost the Year 2000", "Fire and Ice", and > "Why Wait for Science". > > > DECCA DL 9127/CARILLON Records YP 320 Robert Frost Yale Series Of Recorded Poets > This recording was made in the Pierson College lounge at Yale University on May 19, 1961 before an audience of about two hundred > students and faculty. > Side 1 > Spring Pools > A Young Birch > The Sound Of Trees > The Oven Bird > The Onset > Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening > An Old Man's Winter Night > Desert Places > The Need Of Being Versed In Country Things > The Line-Gang > A Roadside Stand > The Silken Tent > > Side 2 > Never Again Would Birds' Song Be The Same > Design > The Wood-Pile > The Star-Splitter > Neither Out Far Or In Deep > The Most Of It > Triple Bronze > The Courage To Be New > No Holy Wars For Them > The Gift Outright > Couplets: The Secret Sits; Forgive, Oh Lord > My Objection To Being Stepped On > Away! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tom Fine > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 6:50 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Decca PARNASSUS series LPs > > > Were these Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg records different from the records both men made for > Caedmon or was one a reissue of the other? > > Mike Biel? What say you? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Stern" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 6:16 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Decca PARNASSUS series LPs > > > > Other than the 8 albums listed below, > > were there any others in DECCA Records' PARNASSUS "A Treasury of Spoken Word" series ?? > > > > Were these albums ever issued in a boxed set ?? > > > > Were any reissued on MCA LP's, or on any label CD's ?? > > > > Thanks! > > Best wishes, Thomas. > > > > > > DECCA DL 9033 Robert Frost reads the poems of Robert Frost LP 1957 > > DECCA DL 9039 Carl Sandburg reads the poems of Carl Sandburg LP 1957 > > Decca DL 9040 Famous poems that tell great stories > > DECCA DL 9041 William Shakespeare: immortal scenes and sonnets > > DECCA DL 9042 The Fun Makers: An evening with the Humorists > > DECCA DL 9043 THE HEART SPEAKS Lyrics of love > > Decca DL-9044 The Heroic Soul: Poems of Patriotism > > DECCA DL 9045 Words to live by: prayers and inspiration > > > >