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Re: Yiddish Theater

Bob - Just caught this three-week old thread, but thought I'd add my tzvey 
kopecks. 
Unlike klezmer, there really isn't any comprehensive or scholarly reissue of 
Yiddish Theater recordings.  It would be nice if there were such a thing; 
instead it's still more on the K-tel Presents... sort of level, since these 
performers were pop-stars in their day and much of the audience simply wants 
a reminder of the icons of their childhoods - younger revivalists have mostly 
ignored this stuff.  It's quite bewildering to sort through the Greater and 
Banner catalogs, but they're still the best things out there.  Simon can tell 
you what to get, but I would start with Molly Picon, Maurice Schwartz, Aaron 
Lebedoff, Jenny Goldstein, Peysekhe Burstein, and Seymour Rechzeit.  And 
maybe someone has a technology that will get rid of the cheap slap-echo.
-Hankus

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