Date:         Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:02:08 -0500
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Worse than Sam Chalpin? (Another of the Mrs. Miller clones.) By the way, anyone 
on this list ever heard Ellis and Norma Jean Chadburne, outside of their Faust 
Travesty (issued as Thomas and Jenny Whozis)? They were definitely the real 
thing and turned out album after album of what sounds like people choking to 
piano accompaniment.

dl

Bill Schurk wrote:
> Ya gotta listen to the FABULOUS Sam Sacks on his 1961 LP, "Sing it again, Sam!", on the Arliss label. The guy can sing?? And............he announces each song like da cylinders. But the coop da grass are all of the "pensive" pics of Sam in the studio on the jacket verso.
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>   Bill Schurk
>   Sound Recordings Archivist
>   Bowling Green State University
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> David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   I would add that Natalia Janotha (1856-1932) is probably deserving of that
> title as well. Check out the two pieces at the end of:
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> http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=43:29158
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> What goes tinkly tinkly up top and bong bong down below? A Polish Carillon,
> of course!
> 
> David N. Lewis
> Assistant Classical Editor, All Music Guide
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> 
> "Never treat an audience as customers-always treat them as partners." - Ted
> Healy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown
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> The Florence Foster Jenkins of composers.
> 
> Steve Smolian
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Miller" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown
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> 
>> David Lennick wrote: ****I recall that at the 
>> time she was considered a major charlatan by everyone who listened. Has 
>> anyone tempered that opinion? That Philips LP has sat untouched on my 
>> shelf for 30 years.
>>
>> Not to say that I am a believer, but a friend of mine knew her and told 
>> me that Rosemary Brown was quite sincere about it all. This friend has 
>> quite a bit of the music Brown produced.
>>
>> Karl
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