Re: [Harp-L] RE: Fake books origins

[Emile Damico <oatss_oatflakes@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I was at Temple University the Real Book was one of our text books.
I heard it came from the Berkley College of Music.
Some guy would show up at the beginning of each semester and sell them.
Eventually there was Vol.2 and the vocal Real Books.

--- On Sat, 6/13/09, Robert Coble <robertpcoble@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Robert Coble <robertpcoble@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: Fake books origins
To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:36 AM


> From: "Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Real Books back story
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> The discussion here recently about the iphone's real book app got me thinking about the story I heard about the original real books. Apparantly, the person who put it together got prosecuted for copyright violation had the originals confiscated and then wrote them out again from memory in his prison cell - which is why there's so many mistakes in them. Does anyone know anymore about this?
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For more info, try this link:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/bdk4/PREHISTORY.pdf

(I couldn't find anything on "Snopes".)
Regards,Crazy Bob
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