[Phono-L] Will Rogers On Victor / Victor VI?

[Douglas Houston]

Two recordings were done and rejected. One (Matrix B-27459); "The US Senate
And The Government" and 27460: ". Prohibition"
Victor 45374: Will Rogers Talks To The Bankers and Will Rogers' First
Political Speech.
Victor 45369: Will Rogers Nominates Henry Ford For President, and Will
Rogers Tells Traffic Chiefs How To Direct Traffic. 

A couple of his sides were issued on LP discs. 

I suspect that Victor "chickened out" on the first sides shown here. They
didn't want to take on the Senate, and Prohibition was too hot an issue,
especially among the churchgoers. 

The Traffic Chiefs and the Henry Ford disc must have sold a lot of copies.
I have one that was in my family's old Victrola. He recorded on the blue
Victor label. 


> [Original Message]
> From: <Kuglarb at wmconnect.com>
> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Date: 6/13/2009 11:08:23 PM
> Subject: [Phono-L] Will Rogers On Victor / Victor VI?
>
> Hi friends.  Hope all are well and have spent some time enjoying the 
> marvelous invention of sound reproduction in some way today.  Hey, I have
a 
> question that I am sure someone in this group knows the answer.  How many
records 
> did Will Rogers produce on Victor, and what were the titles?  I just
picked 
> up an absolutely gorgeous pristine copy of Timely Topics / A New Slant on 
> War yesterday and want to find any of the remaining records to complete
the 
> series.  I think they were all on the purple Victor label.
>
> I was amazed at watching a Leave it to Beaver episode last week.  The
show 
> had a gorgeous Victor VI in the background of a lake house that the
Cleaver 
> family was visiting.  It was odd seeing this type of thing as a prop at a 
> lake house!  I wonder what happened to that machine.  After seeing the 
> episode, it sparked my desire once again to own one of these.  A Victor
VI, not a 
> lake house. lol...
>
> I am now in the market for a Victor VI machine.  Anyone having one is
asked 
> to please let me know off line.  I have leads on three located in New
York 
> and would like to consider one from someone in this group.  I would
really 
> like have one close by so that I could pick it up and not have to risk 
> extreme damage by the carriers.
>
> Thanks much for any help and happy weekend.  Keep the speed limit
hovering 
> around 78...rpms that is!
>
> Brantley
> Williston, S.C.
> _______________________________________________
> Phono-L mailing list
> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org