RIP Brian Rust

[Rcartes]

Brian Rust RIP

Sorry to see that Brian has died (obit here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...-rust-obituary). He may have been wrong in almost every musical judgement he ever made, but he deserves great praise for his magnificent services to discography.

[grippie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010t6pb/78_Revolutions/

If your interested in the late Brian's taste in music you'll probably like the odd 78, I've still got my collection. The above link is for a BBC radio 4 prog showing they're still revolving at that speed somewhere.

Sorry not to have posted here for such a long period!!!! I'll try to make up for it.

cheers robin (grippie)

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

hi grippie very good to see you back here again!

[Lateralthinking1]

grippie - Thank you for highlighting this programme. I wouldn't have listened to it otherwise. While the style of the main presenter took some getting used to, I thought it was extraordinarily good with one interesting fact after another. The parts on the visual side of the early shellac discs - the true meaning of phonograph, particularly the reading of grooves - were fascinating. Ditto the historical context - how 78s had a far longer period of production than any format since.

I thought too that they captured the mystery of it - and even the slightly psychic, eerie feel to the medium when considered artistically. Beyond the crackle and hiss, we heard how the reproduction of sound was actually far better than the 33s ever were. The cross-referencing to the 12 inch format - Grandmaster Flash bringing back the marking of discs - added to the context. And then we had the more recent artists - The Real Tuesday Weld at the beginning and Kitty, Daisy and Lewis at the end. All in all, a really excellent half hour - Lat.

[grippie]

The early 78's were live sessions and direct cut in the studio at 78 revolutions, who knows what sound some sound freak could get from them in the future!

I remember once hearing, maybe on one of Brian's programmes that wilton crawley solos only recorded on one side of the shellac's waxes groves, one of those things you hear and sticks in your memory. avant garde or what: Wilton Crawley http://www.redhotjazz.com/crawley.html

[John Wright]

Had a PM asking about the Mardi Gras radio programmes (I linked to sample shows upthread).

They are not really mine to share. They're being restored by a colleague of mine who plans to make them freely available if Capital Radio agree.

But for now, I've restored links to two of Brian's programmes as before.

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-06.mp3

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1975-03-23.mp3

and here's another which I've now made available

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-27.mp3

Right Click. Save As.... about 50megs for 1 hour shows.

Back in 1970s I expect very few of the records Brian played had been re-issued on LPs, he was playing from his own 78rpm collection, mainly very rare stuff from 1920s US labels. And the programmes will be fun for those of who enjoy 1970s Capital Radio jingles!

[Lateralthinking1]

Had a PM asking about the Mardi Gras radio programmes (I linked to sample shows upthread).

They are not really mine to share. They're being restored by a colleague of mine who plans to make them freely available if Capital Radio agree.

But for now, I've restored links to two of Brian's programmes as before.

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-06.mp3

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1975-03-23.mp3

and here's another which I've now made available

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-27.mp3

Right Click. Save As.... about 50megs for 1 hour shows.

Back in 1970s I expect very few of the records Brian played had been re-issued on LPs, he was playing from his own 78rpm collection, mainly very rare stuff from 1920s US labels. And the programmes will be fun for those of who enjoy 1970s Capital Radio jingles!

I loved that station's "architecture" in the 1970s. How to do things on British commercial radio, if to do them at all.

Kenny Everett, Chris Rainbow and Blue Mink might not look particularly good on paper but the jingles etc really worked. Strangely, some can now be heard on one of Mr Rainbow's compilations. If interested, see Spotify. As for the commercials, I am absolutely delighted by the return on one London station after several decades of "The big red building on Golders Green Road".

Thanks for posting another "Mardi Gras". Very much looking forward to it. Educational - and a lot of good memories in there too. Not too sure about consultation. Capital is in very different ownership, Bournemouth University now has a massive but sadly private ILR archive covering that era and I think there might be a collection of something similar at the University of Kent.

[Lateralthinking1]

.......oh, I followed the instructions and am getting a "no file" message. The previous two worked earlier in the year.

[Don Petter]

None of the three seem to work.

[John Wright]

Sorry chaps, links sorted now.

Had a PM asking about the Mardi Gras radio programmes (I linked to sample shows upthread).

They are not really mine to share. They're being restored by a colleague of mine who plans to make them freely available if Capital Radio agree.

But for now, I've restored links to two of Brian's programmes as before.

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-06.mp3

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1975-03-23.mp3

and here's another which I've now made available

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/Mardi_Gras_1974-10-27.mp3

Right Click. Save As.... about 50megs for 1 hour shows.

Back in 1970s I expect very few of the records Brian played had been re-issued on LPs, he was playing from his own 78rpm collection, mainly very rare stuff from 1920s US labels. And the programmes will be fun for those of who enjoy 1970s Capital Radio jingles!

[grippie]

Fantastic

I had my own 78 collection growing at the time via hunting through junkshops,listed auctions and record bazaars.
Where I lived I could just about receive Brian's radio programme in one cramped corner of my room, I did record some via a mic onto my old spool to spool and then cassette recorder but the quality was awful.

[John Wright]

grippie, over 30 years later and my 78 collection is STILL growing. Thanks to ebay I find neighbours with a box load going for a tenner!

Of course here in Britain the music on them isn't of the genre that Brian Rust was playing on Mardi Gras, well, rarely; there is some Ellington, Armstrong, Dorseys and the like to be found on HMV, Parlophone and Brunswick 78s here. But we were fortunate to live in Ohio for a couple of years in the 1990s and I made good use of my spare time at fleamarkets and out in the country anteeky barns! Brought 100s back here - employeer was paying for freight

Nowadays, I'm content to collect British bands from the 20s and 30s.

[Lateralthinking1]

Thanks John for the new links which meant that I was able to listen to the third programme last night. Very enjoyable and I would welcome more. I wonder whether there would be significant issues in setting up an internet site devoted to the first ten years of ILR based on home recordings? There are snippets around the web and it is a project I could in theory take to with enthusiasm.