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The Record Collectors

CBS Radio Workshop · April 27, 1956 · 29 min · 3,636 words

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Who played the rhythmic bones on Nora Bay's 1919 recording of the village vamp? Aristotle fig any boo, but know that CBS radio a division of the Columbia Broadcasting System and its 217 affiliated stations present the CBS radio workshop dedicated to man's imagination the theater of the mind Tonight we spin the hands of the clock backward into the fascinating past

to bring you an unusual symposium of early American popular music, explored by the eminent doctor Vincent Arbogast and Mr. Titus McFattridge, the record collectors. Our special guests will be the noted singer Ms. Margaret Whiting, composer-conductor Mr. Lynn Murray, and a great voice from the past Ms. Margaret Young. And now here is our moderator, Mr. John Dainer.

Good evening. Some people collect stamps, sea shells, or old coins. Others collect paintings, flies or match covers. With us tonight are two gentlemen who collect old records. They are Dr. Vincent Arbogast and Mr. Titus McFattridge. To take them in alphabetical order, let's hear first from Dr. Arbogast. Good evening, sir. Good evening, Mr. Dana and friends out there

in radio land. And Mrs. Cassie Dorblin in La Jolla. Before we get to our records, I'd like to talk about what you two gentlemen do. I mean in the field of commerce as opposed to your hobby. Dr. Arbogast, you are a breeder of giant frogs, right? Yes, mother and I have a frog farm at Costa Mesa. Dr. Arbogast, are you a

real doctor? Well, let me answer your question with the question, Mr. Dana. Are frogs entitled to medical services? If they're sick. You would deny their medical service if they were Well, no, no, I didn't say that doctor.

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