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Re: "HAGANAH" 78rpm set



I will post your query to the 78s mailing list with your permission.

Joel

At 05:30 PM 4/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>The recent discussions on listmembers' private collections prompts me to pose
>a search once again.  In 1948 on the private Night Music label (Pittsburgh -
>Night Music #106), a set of 78rpm discs was released entitled "Haganah-Songs
>of the Jewish Underground".  Sung by Dov Arres and commissioned by Habonim
>Labor Zionist Youth. Songs are sung in Hebrew and English.
>
>I am archiving things for Habonim here on the West Coast and have managed to
>come up with a couple of beat-up copies, but they are really not worth
>archiving because of condition.  I have shied away from some of the well
>known archives because there is zero budget on this.  I am hoping to come up
>with a decent copy so I can dump it to CD for future preservation.
>
>I believe a song from this collection was even played in the background of
>1997's Academy Award winning documentary "The Long Way Home".
>
>Any and all  advice / suggestions are welcome- you can e-mail me at
>ronoren (at) aol(dot)com
>
>Thank you!
>



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