Re: [Harp-L]Thomas Hart Benton

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philharpn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thomas Hart Benton recorded a 78 rpm album consisting of 3 double-sided 
> 78 rpm discs titled  "Saturday Night at Tom Benton's" in the fall of 
> 1941. This means 6 tunes.
> ... 
>
> To my knowledge, the album was only issued in the 78 rpm format. "Thomas 
> Hart Benton: An American Original by Henry Adams (Knopf, 1989) has a 
> postage-stop size b & w photo of the album cover which only lists the 
> performers, not the tunes. The caption says the project was a 
> three-record set. The fourth revised edition of "An Artist in American," 
> Benton's autobiography was published in 1983 (Benton died in 1975 and 
> was involved in the 2nd and 3rd editions.)

Thanks for the detailed info, Phil.  I only have one comment: I am 
absolutely certain that this recording was reissued at some point as a 
33 1/3 RPM LP disk.  I held a copy in my hands and played it on my home 
stereo, back in the day.

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