78 RPM Harvard University Phonograph Record T. S. Eliot 1st pressing recital EXC
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78 RPM - exceptionally rare record - The Harvard University Phonograph Records - No. 3 - copyrighted 1933 - by the President and Fellows of Harvard College - T. S. Eliot reading his poems - as originally recorded for the Department of English, Harvard University.
T. S. Eliot - SS 5053 (Part 1) - GERONTION
T. S. Eliot - SS 5052 (Part 2) - THE HOLLOW MEN
These records were the work of Professor Frederick C. Packard, Jr., editor. Packard created an entire series of spoken word recording beginning with this early record, records he coined VOCARIUM and that later became the HARVARD VOCARIUM records. From what I can gather, this particular record is a precursor to that series since it does not indicate any matrix number assignment by the Harvard Film Service and does not carry the VOCARIUM label.
This is the first recorded reading by T. S. Eliot of his own works. I believe this is a first pressing. It is shellac not vinyl.
I suspect this record was used by a teacher/professor because in the sleeve with the record were several old typewritten set of lyrics to the poems as well as an obituary on Eliot in the Time magazine from January 1965. The record itself was found in an album indexed by record; all the records were associated with Harvard.
PLEASE NOTE: I have a second Harvard University Phonograph Records record listed on eBay - Fred Norris Robinson reciting Chaucer THE PARDONER'S TALE / DEBATE OF THE BODY AND THE SOUL.
From http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02820:
"In 1933, his efforts led to the publication by Harvard University Phonograph Records of the first discs in what came to be called the Harvard Vocarium, one of the first poetry/literature recordings labels in the world. One of the authors featured in this preliminary commercial release was Harvard graduate T. S. Eliot, who recorded for Packard during his Charles Eliot Norton lectureship in 1932-33. The recording represents Eliot's first published poetry reading."
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I rate the record as E+. It is very clean and shiny. There are two verysmall crack-like marks on the Hollow side that do not affect play; slight scuffs, writing on label showing play time, and a sticker on Gerontion. The record plays clear.
My grading scale is not complicated. Mint (M, M-) means like new with only the slightest of scuffing. Excellent (E, E+, E-) means minor scuffs, scrapes, label wear, light scratches that do not affect the play. Good (G, G+, G-) means scuffing, scraping, scratches, acceptable playing with noticible noise. I try not to sell records that are warped or that skip unless noted. These are records I have picked up while expanding my own record collection.
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