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Harvard University
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muslib@fas.harvard.edu
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February 18, 2019 at 1:37 am
Good morning Dear,
Actually, I am looking for one of your 78 rpm record which is ” Sūrat Yūsuf (qur’ān) / Al-sit Wadūdah al-Minyalāwī (Victor 73429-A), HOLLIS # 015110434″. is it for sale.
Regards,
April 3, 2019 at 1:14 pm
Hi
I’m trying to find baidaphon arabic record catalogs from the first half of the 20th century, particularly the acoustic era. Naturally I’d love to find originals, but for my research – copies are perfectly fine. (physical or digital).
do you know of a source for these?
Thanks
Bill
May 3, 2019 at 2:14 am
Hello,I am interesting in old 78 rpm Arabic records ,So please I want buy any catalogue or supplements about Arabic records and please how I can find it , how much and how to pay , catalogue about Arab record companies, such as Baidaphon or HMV . Columbia . Odeon .Especily I prefer The Arabian Peninsula .Such Iraq.Kuwait .Saudi Arabia.Yemen.Etc…Thanks with my best regards.Masad .Jeddah.Saudi Arabia
May 14, 2019 at 9:31 am
Dear Omar,
Thank you for writing about the Wadūdah al-Minyalāwī disc (Victor 73429-A), but it is not for sale.
Regards,
Peter
May 14, 2019 at 10:20 am
Dear Bill,
We don’t have any Baidaphon catalogs, but I’ve written to several colleagues. If I can locate one from the acoustic era, I will let you know.
Regards,
Peter
May 15, 2019 at 12:45 pm
Dear Bill,
The consensus is that no copies of acoustic era Baidaphon catalogs are known to have survived.
Regards,
Peter
May 15, 2019 at 3:13 pm
Dear Masad,
Early Arabic catalogs are scarce, but below is a scan of the Arabic section in a German Gramophone Company catalog (April 1905):
http://www.recordingpioneers.com/GC_190504-00-00.html
We also have an early Odeon Arabic catalog (c. 1923) in our collection, but it is not for sale and must be consulted here in the library.
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990089408860203941/catalog
Others would likely be in institutional collections or in the hands of private collectors.
Regards,
Peter
July 6, 2021 at 9:17 am
Hello (Peter Laurence),
For some reason or other the links in the Arabic 78rpm Records Collection do not work.
Could you please check?
Hugo Strötbaum (The Netherlands)
http://www.recordingpioneers.com
July 6, 2021 at 4:32 pm
Dear Hugo,
I believe the links should be working now. Thank you for letting us know!
Regards,
Peter
August 25, 2021 at 9:39 pm
Are the Lebanese CDs of reissues of early Arab singers on 78s of interest to your institution. The late Mr Hachlef published a large format illustrated catalog of archival Middle Eastern recordings which might help with some of these enquiries. I did a CD for him in c.1992 of early recordings (from 78s) of a Bahraini singer. It was a big list he offered and in pretty decent sound generally. What about the collection of very early cylinders found in a wall in Jeddah? Did they ever get republished? Cheers
Craig Wallace, New Zealand
February 3, 2023 at 6:42 am
Hi there, is your library open to public or only for Harvard students and staff?
February 17, 2023 at 10:41 am
We are open to researchers, but people without a Harvard ID must register with the Harvard Library Access and Borrowing Office prior to visiting. Here’s more information about our visitor access.