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Hi all,
It may be a stretch to put this one in "Music," but here goes. I drove a few miles up the road yesterday to pick up a batch of Diamond Discs advertised on Craig's List. The seller also threw in one Victor "bat wing" he had found. It is a rather curious one I had never heard of before, a 12" with "Snores" on the A side and "Sneezes" on the B side, catalog #35590 by Robert J. Wildhack. (At first I thought the last name might be a pun, but no as it terns out there really was such a person.) Release date was January 1917.
They are mock serious lectures on various classifications of snores and sneezes, complete with demonstrations of what each sounds like.
Clay
Snores and Sneezes
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FloridaClay
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Snores and Sneezes
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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estott
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Re: Snores and Sneezes
Wildhack was a rather interesting fellow, a highly talented magazine cover and poster artist as well as a vaudeville entertainer. He made the your record, supplied sound effects on some others, and appeared in a few movies in the 1930's, a career cut short by his death.
He's one of the best graphic artists of the early 20th C. but not at all well known:
He's one of the best graphic artists of the early 20th C. but not at all well known:
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