“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”
March 29, 1953: Died: Arthur Fields, songwriter and baritone recording artist.
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Arthur Fields
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Re: Arthur Fields
A sad and painful death, too.
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
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Re: Arthur Fields
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Arthur Fields
In a nursing home at 68 years of age, then burned to death...
Wow...

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Re: Arthur Fields
Really awful.
Is one of my favourite singers from the shellac era, specifically his 40's releases.

Be sure to look up Samuel Murchison Seka on the interwebs for some music and phonograph reading material.