EARLY RADIO - I.J. FOX FUR TRAPPERS - SPECIAL TRIBUTE PROGRAM BROWN WAX 78RPM

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This is a 12 inch Vynl BROWN WAX RADIO TRANSCRIPTION of a show called the I. J. FOX FUR TRAPPERS RADIO PROGRAM - SPECIAL TRIBUTE PROGRAM to I.J. FOX by the orchestra of BERT HIRSCH. The announcer at the end of this recording calls himself "MICKEY MOUSE" CONRAD.  This show broadcast over WEAF in New York City. I'm not sure if this show was ever broadcast or was made as a gift to the sponsor. Probably the latter as it only runs 10 mins or so. It consists of different medleys of songs that are favorites of I.J. FOX.  It is two-sided and plays at 78 RPM. Probably the only existing copy of this rare early radio item! I couldn't find any mention of this anywhere in any archive or reference to it any place at all!   The Musical Director of this program was BERT HIRSCH, whom many collectors will remember from the HIT-OF-THE-WEEK paper records that came out during the beginning of the depression.
Many years ago, I went to an estate auction in Connecticut, and purchased a couple of large boxes of old Radio Transcriptions that belonged to the estate of BERT HIRSCH. They had been sealed for many years. I paid a great deal for these as there was some clown with deep pockets who wanted them to nail to the walls of his music room for effect!! Even after the auction he wanted to buy a few from me for that reason...didn't happen. As I don't have a transcription player here, I rigged one together so I could hear a few of these recordings. The sound quality is just amazing! I only listened to a few. I have looked everywhere to see if these shows exist anywhere else and came up with nothing. So these recordings are quite possibly the ONLY SURVIVING COPIES of the  I. J. FOX RADIO PROGRAM  broadcasts! The shows included commercials for...Furs!   BERT HIRSCH was a violinist, bandleader and musical contractor for many years in the New York area. He used the top men of the era like Bunny Berigan, the Dorsey Brothers and many more on his records and radio broadcasts. I also read that a very young BUDDY CLARK was a regular performer on the  I. J. FOX RADIO PROGRAM program.... It wasn't on the couple shows that I played, but there many here that I'll be listing that I haven't been able to listen to! Why?? Divorce, 'nuff said.

  The condition of this record is amazing. Brown Wax Vynl...some slight sleeve scuffs, but nothing that made any noise and the sound is terrific! And please excuse the photos..I did what I could with them...they are shiny as hell and the glare was a problem, you can also see the reflection of my hands and the camera in some of them. 


I'll be listing quite a few of these Very Rare Radio Recordings that were made by and for BERT HIRSCH, so keep checking my listings.